Manteo vs Wanchese

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

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

Manteo has the higher population (1,853 vs 1,793 in Wanchese). Manteo has the higher median household income ($78,594 vs $73,542 in Wanchese). Manteo has the higher median home value ($384,100 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Manteo	Wanchese
Population	1,853	1,793
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$78,594	$73,542
Median home value	$384,100	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,261	$1,031
Housing units	1,458	772
Homeownership rate	61.5%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.9%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Manteo	Wanchese
Population	1,950 → 1,853 (-5.0%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$48,375 → $78,594 (+62.5%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$293,900 → $384,100 (+30.7%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,093 → $1,261 (+15.4%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

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

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)

	Manteo	Wanchese
Under 5	4.8%	8.0%
5 to 17	20.3%	18.7%
18 to 24	4.5%	3.3%
25 to 34	9.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	14.2%	14.2%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.1%	11.2%
75 and over	8.5%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Manteo	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	70.9%	97.8%
Black or African American	9.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.8%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Manteo	Wanchese
No high school diploma	9.6%	7.4%
High school graduate	19.6%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.9%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	18.9%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Manteo	Wanchese
Drove alone	70.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	8.6%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.8%	0.5%
Bicycle	1.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.9%	4.2%
Other means	0.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Manteo	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	48.1%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	28.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Manteo	Wanchese
Poverty rate	23.2%	5.0%
Average household size	2.18	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1992	1985