Kill Devil Hills vs Wanchese

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

Kill Devil Hills and Wanchese 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 1,793 in Wanchese). Kill Devil Hills has the higher median household income ($85,747 vs $73,542 in Wanchese). Kill Devil Hills has the higher median home value ($401,700 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
Population	7,727	1,793
Median age	48.6 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$85,747	$73,542
Median home value	$401,700	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,440	$1,031
Housing units	7,090	772
Homeownership rate	77.8%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
Population	7,155 → 7,727 (+8.0%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $85,747 (+59.5%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$245,900 → $401,700 (+63.4%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,440 (+34.8%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

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

Wanchese

Population

1,7321,793

Median household income

$55,799$73,542

Median home value

$218,500$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
Under 5	4.5%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	7.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.1%
55 to 64	19.6%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.9%	11.2%
75 and over	7.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	9.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
No high school diploma	4.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	19.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
Drove alone	75.9%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.5%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.4%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	78.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Kill Devil Hills	Wanchese
Poverty rate	7.0%	5.0%
Average household size	2.32	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1985	1985