Kitty Hawk vs Manteo

A side-by-side comparison of Kitty Hawk and Manteo: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kitty Hawk has the higher population (3,721 vs 1,853 in Manteo). Kitty Hawk has the higher median household income ($88,811 vs $78,594 in Manteo). Kitty Hawk has the higher median home value ($494,200 vs $384,100 in Manteo).

Population, income & housing

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
Population	3,721	1,853
Median age	50.3 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,811	$78,594
Median home value	$494,200	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,261
Housing units	3,254	1,458
Homeownership rate	76.4%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
Population	3,490 → 3,721 (+6.6%)	1,950 → 1,853 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$70,726 → $88,811 (+25.6%)	$48,375 → $78,594 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$348,900 → $494,200 (+41.6%)	$293,900 → $384,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,366 (+6.6%)	$1,093 → $1,261 (+15.4%)

Kitty Hawk

Population

3,4903,721

Median household income

$70,726$88,811

Median home value

$348,900$494,200

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,366

Manteo

Population

1,9501,853

Median household income

$48,375$78,594

Median home value

$293,900$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
Under 5	3.8%	4.8%
5 to 17	15.3%	20.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	7.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	12.8%
65 to 74	15.1%	17.1%
75 and over	7.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	3.4%	1.6%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.6%
High school graduate	26.1%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
Drove alone	73.0%	70.0%
Carpooled	5.4%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	21.2%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
1-unit, detached	67.1%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	28.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kitty Hawk	Manteo
Poverty rate	3.7%	23.2%
Average household size	2.38	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1987	1992