Currituck County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,646 83.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,587 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,541 5.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 280 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,189 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 37 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 321 1.0%

• Under 18 6,704 21.9%
• 18–24 1,929 6.3%
• 25–44 7,739 25.3%
• 45–64 8,740 28.6%
• 65 and over 5,489 17.9%

Median household income

$94,709

90% interval $86,475–$102,943

+$20,654 vs NC · 4th of 100

Below poverty line

8.1%

90% interval 6.3%–9.9%

−4.5 pp vs NC · 98th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.91 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,862

Establishments

1,006

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,459 20.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,342 18.4%
• Education & health services 1,201 16.4%
• Professional & business services 1,026 14.0%
• Construction 636 8.7%
• Public administration 620 8.5%
• Financial activities 559 7.6%
• Other services 235 3.2%

The sectors listed cover 96.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

87.3%

+20.7 pp vs NC · 1st of 100

Median gross rent

$1,162

−$66 vs NC · 22nd of 100

Owner-occupied

10,337

Renter-occupied

1,508

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.2× the lowest ($60,617 vs $28,121/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 13,235 73.5%
• Democratic 4,604 25.6%
• Other / third-party 171 0.9%

• Spanish 816 2.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 87 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 66 0.2%
• Korean 54 0.2%
• Chinese 15 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%

Households

11,845

Family households

8,690

73.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,577

29.7% of families

Single-mother families

538

6.2% of families

Veterans

3,574

15.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,332 11.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,695 6.0%
• Black Protestant 628 2.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 590 2.1%
• Catholic 300 1.1%

Health insured

91.2%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

8.8%

±1.7 pp

76th of 100

With a disability

12.5%

±1.4 pp

87th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

30.9%

±2.7 pp

−4.8 pp vs NC · 25th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.2%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

1st Judicial District Superior Court

Judges

2 (Superior Court judges per primary district (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 nccourts.gov; counts cross-checked against N.C.G.S. § 7A-41.1. Where an urban county (Wake, Mecklenburg, Guilford, Forsyth) is statutorily split into multiple Superior Court districts, all sub-district seats are aggregated under the primary district number used in counties.json. ~109 Superior Court judgeships statewide.)

Court seats

Camden, Currituck, Edenton, Elizabeth City, Gatesville, Hertford, Manteo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

8.37 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2