ZIP 27948 · Kill Devil Hills
Who lives in ZIP code 27948 (Kill Devil Hills, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Kill Devil Hills, NC · Dare County
uszips 2026
People12,436
Median age48.4
Household income$86,193
Home value$437,971
Median rent$1,673/mo
Poverty8.6%
College degree+43.5%
Commute23 min
Place
- Metro area
- Kill Devil Hills, NC (micro)
- Wider region
- Virginia Beach-Chesapeake, VA-NC
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 519 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 5,586
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
21.0% are 65 or older; 82.6% are adults.
Household income
43.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $44,401.
Education (adults 25+)
39.7% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
9.8% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 51.2%
- Never married
- 25.7%
- Divorced
- 16.4%
- Widowed
- 6.7%
- Family size
- 2.66
- Dual-income families
- 54.9%
Housing
- Own their home
- 74.2%
- Rent burden
- 28.5%
- Men / women
- 49% / 51%
Work
- In labor force
- 66.2%
- Unemployment
- 7.9%
- Self-employed
- 21.0%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 23.7%
- Veterans
- 8.0%
- With a disability
- 9.9%
- No health insurance
- 11.0%
- Limited English
- 0.5%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.