Hatteras vs Salvo

A side-by-side comparison of Hatteras and Salvo: population, income, housing, and more.

Hatteras and Salvo are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Hatteras has the higher population (381 vs 219 in Salvo). Salvo has the higher median household income ($64,940 vs $48,980 in Hatteras). Since 2019, Salvo's population has grown faster (+140.7% vs -17.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Hatteras	Salvo
Population	381	219
Median age	33.1 yrs	36.7 yrs
Median household income	$48,980	$64,940
Housing units	559	700
Homeownership rate	55.4%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.6%	44.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hatteras	Salvo
Population	460 → 381 (-17.2%)	91 → 219 (+140.7%)
Median household income	$74,427 → $48,980 (-34.2%)	$49,688 → $64,940 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$370,000 → $470,900 (+27.3%)	$369,400 → $403,800 (+9.3%)
Median gross rent	$887 → $1,563 (+76.2%)	—

Hatteras

Population

460381

Median household income

$74,427$48,980

Median home value

$370,000$470,900

Median gross rent

$887$1,563

Salvo

Population

91219

Median household income

$49,688$64,940

Median home value

$369,400$403,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hatteras	Salvo
Under 5	20.2%	14.6%
5 to 17	9.4%	5.0%
18 to 24	6.8%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.6%	14.6%
35 to 44	0.0%	21.9%
45 to 54	8.7%	19.6%
55 to 64	18.6%	5.9%
65 to 74	7.6%	7.3%
75 and over	6.0%	11.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hatteras	Salvo
White (non-Hispanic)	90.0%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hatteras	Salvo
No high school diploma	0.8%	2.3%
High school graduate	15.3%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	34.3%	15.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.2%	19.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hatteras	Salvo
Drove alone	36.6%	44.2%
Carpooled	34.7%	18.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.6%	9.2%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	28.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hatteras	Salvo
1-unit, detached	73.0%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	17.0%

Poverty & households

	Hatteras	Salvo
Poverty rate	0.8%	0.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	21	—
Median year structure built	1990	1987