Kitty Hawk vs Southern Shores

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

Kitty Hawk 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.

Kitty Hawk has the higher population (3,721 vs 3,119 in Southern Shores). Southern Shores has the higher median household income ($116,859 vs $88,811 in Kitty Hawk). Southern Shores has the higher median home value ($621,100 vs $494,200 in Kitty Hawk).

Population, income & housing

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
Population	3,721	3,119
Median age	50.3 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$88,811	$116,859
Median home value	$494,200	$621,100
Median gross rent	$1,366	$2,018
Housing units	3,254	2,461
Homeownership rate	76.4%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
Population	3,490 → 3,721 (+6.6%)	2,899 → 3,119 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$70,726 → $88,811 (+25.6%)	$96,553 → $116,859 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$348,900 → $494,200 (+41.6%)	$465,200 → $621,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,366 (+6.6%)	$1,914 → $2,018 (+5.4%)

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

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)

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
Under 5	3.8%	2.5%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.5%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.1%
35 to 44	12.7%	12.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.7%
55 to 64	20.4%	19.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	18.9%
75 and over	7.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
No high school diploma	2.4%	1.1%
High school graduate	26.1%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
Drove alone	73.0%	79.4%
Carpooled	5.4%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	21.2%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
1-unit, detached	67.1%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Kitty Hawk	Southern Shores
Poverty rate	3.7%	0.8%
Average household size	2.38	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1987	1989