Dare County, North Carolina

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,339 85.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,788 7.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 964 2.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 169 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,233 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 362 1.0%

• Under 18 6,771 17.9%
• 18–24 2,224 5.9%
• 25–44 7,980 21.1%
• 45–64 11,337 29.9%
• 65 and over 9,563 25.2%

Median household income

$87,321

90% interval $78,690–$95,952

+$13,266 vs NC · 9th of 100

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.4%–10.4%

−4.2 pp vs NC · 97th of 100

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.5 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,717

Establishments

2,252

• Leisure & hospitality 5,448 26.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,399 21.2%
• Financial activities 2,324 11.2%
• Education & health services 2,090 10.1%
• Professional & business services 1,986 9.6%
• Public administration 1,856 9.0%
• Construction 1,207 5.8%
• Other services 584 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 96.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.4%

+11.8 pp vs NC · 21st of 100

Median gross rent

$1,345

+$117 vs NC · 10th of 100

Owner-occupied

13,202

Renter-occupied

3,634

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.9× the lowest ($63,242 vs $33,621/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 14,792 58.9%
• Democratic 10,074 40.1%
• Other / third-party 249 1.0%

• Spanish 2,368 6.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 236 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 74 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 72 0.2%
• Tagalog 69 0.2%
• Chinese 67 0.2%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

16,836

Family households

10,794

64.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,319

21.5% of families

Single-mother families

700

6.5% of families

Veterans

2,498

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,715 18.2%
• Mainline Protestant 6,322 17.1%
• Catholic 4,909 13.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 714 1.9%

Health insured

91.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

8.6%

±1.2 pp

80th of 100

With a disability

10.8%

±1.1 pp

95th of 100

Bachelor's or higher

43.2%

±2.9 pp

+7.5 pp vs NC · 9th of 100

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 8.0%–10.0% · 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

7

22.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6