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Kill Devil Hills, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Kill Devil Hills, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 10,862. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet KILL-DEVIL-HILLS-NC · Kill Devil Hills, NC 1 ZIPs · 10,862 pop · #7373/25278 · Dare County

INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-TOWN · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-HIGH

  • INC-HIGH $86,193
  • RANK-UPPER #7373/25278
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Wanchese
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 74% owners
  • POP-TOWN 10,862
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-HIGH $437,500

Nearest income peer: Wanchese, NC (+ $2,557 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Kill Devil Hills

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Kill Devil Hills on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Kill Devil Hills, NC sits among US cities with an above-median household income, on a town-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

Top 29%
household income vs 25,278 US cities
10,862
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$86,193
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Above-median income on a short ZIP list (1) - lead code 27948 (10,862 residents). Household income $86,193 is the roll-up; open the ZIP for tenure and commute.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (74.2%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Kill Devil Hills as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Concord is the closest lower-income city and Oak Island the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 2 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Kill Devil Hills.

Population concentration

Kill Devil Hills reads through its lone ZIP, 27948

10,862 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27948 is not the leading code inside Kill Devil Hills, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Dense ZBP book packed into Kill Devil Hills's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 486 establishments, 4,041 employees , annual payroll $163,658k (~45 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27948 (486 units) ; leading NAICS Construction (86) · also Accommodation and food services · Retail trade .

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ZIP Codes in Kill Devil Hills, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Dare County, which covers 14 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Kill Devil Hills. See the Dare County roll-up →

Kill Devil Hills sits in the upper half of Dare County on income: Manteo, Frisco and Manns Harbor report less, while Kitty Hawk, Nags Head and Wanchese report more. Avon marks the far end of that range at $35,365, 59% below Kill Devil Hills.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27948 10,862 $86,193 486 454
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Kill Devil Hills roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Kill Devil Hills, .