Kill Devil Hills vs Southern Shores

A side-by-side comparison of Kill Devil Hills and Southern Shores: population, income, housing, and more.

Kill Devil Hills and Southern Shores are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kill Devil Hills has the higher population (7,727 vs 3,119 in Southern Shores). Southern Shores has the higher median household income ($116,859 vs $85,747 in Kill Devil Hills). Southern Shores has the higher median home value ($621,100 vs $401,700 in Kill Devil Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
Population	7,727	3,119
Median age	48.6 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,747	$116,859
Median home value	$401,700	$621,100
Median gross rent	$1,440	$2,018
Housing units	7,090	2,461
Homeownership rate	77.8%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
Population	7,155 → 7,727 (+8.0%)	2,899 → 3,119 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $85,747 (+59.5%)	$96,553 → $116,859 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $401,700 (+63.4%)	$465,200 → $621,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,440 (+34.8%)	$1,914 → $2,018 (+5.4%)

Kill Devil Hills

Population

7,1557,727

Median household income

$53,750$85,747

Median home value

$245,900$401,700

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,440

Southern Shores

Population

2,8993,119

Median household income

$96,553$116,859

Median home value

$465,200$621,100

Median gross rent

$1,914$2,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
Under 5	4.5%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	9.2%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	19.6%
65 to 74	10.9%	18.9%
75 and over	7.5%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
No high school diploma	4.7%	1.1%
High school graduate	19.1%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
Drove alone	75.9%	79.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.4%	1.6%
Worked from home	13.4%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
1-unit, detached	78.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kill Devil Hills	Southern Shores
Poverty rate	7.0%	0.8%
Average household size	2.32	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	21	25
Median year structure built	1985	1989