ZIP 27960 · Ocracoke
Who lives in ZIP code 27960 (Ocracoke, NC): age, income, housing, education and work.
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file)
2026 ZIP profile
Ocracoke, NC · Hyde County
uszips 2026
People723
Median age49.8
Household income$77,583
Home value$459,854
Median rent$1,408/mo
Poverty16.7%
College degree+39.7%
Commute17 min
Place
- Metro area
- Outside any metro
- Time zone
- Eastern
- Density
- 32 / sq mi
- Housing units
- 387
County
Share of the ZIP's people in each county.
Age mix
13.0% are 65 or older; 73.6% are adults.
Household income
7.2% of households earn $100K+. Median per person: $40,263.
Education (adults 25+)
83.9% of degrees are in STEM fields.
Race
14.9% Hispanic or Latino (of any race).
Households & family
- Married
- 42.0%
- Never married
- 28.3%
- Divorced
- 29.7%
- Widowed
- 0.0%
- Family size
- 2.22
- Dual-income families
- 48.6%
Housing
- Own their home
- 76.7%
- Rent burden
- 48.3%
- Men / women
- 59% / 41%
Work
- In labor force
- 59.0%
- Unemployment
- 0.9%
- Self-employed
- 21.1%
- Farmers
- 0.0%
Community
- Charitable givers
- 17.5%
- Veterans
- 0.0%
- With a disability
- 11.6%
- No health insurance
- 13.3%
- Limited English
- 0.0%
Source: uszips 2026 (ACS-based ZIP file). Shares are percentages of people, households or adults as the measure implies.