Kitty Hawk vs Wanchese

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

Kitty Hawk and Wanchese 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 1,793 in Wanchese). Kitty Hawk has the higher median household income ($88,811 vs $73,542 in Wanchese). Kitty Hawk has the higher median home value ($494,200 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
Population	3,721	1,793
Median age	50.3 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,811	$73,542
Median home value	$494,200	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,366	$1,031
Housing units	3,254	772
Homeownership rate	76.4%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
Population	3,490 → 3,721 (+6.6%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$70,726 → $88,811 (+25.6%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$348,900 → $494,200 (+41.6%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,282 → $1,366 (+6.6%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

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

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)

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
Under 5	3.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	15.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	3.3%
25 to 34	8.4%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.1%
55 to 64	20.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	15.1%	11.2%
75 and over	7.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	85.5%	97.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.6%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
No high school diploma	2.4%	7.4%
High school graduate	26.1%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.3%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
Drove alone	73.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	67.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	17.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Kitty Hawk	Wanchese
Poverty rate	3.7%	5.0%
Average household size	2.38	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1987	1985