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Population (year 2000): 5,897. Estimated
population in July 2005: 6,550 (+11.1% change)
Males: 3,021 (51.2%), Females: 2,876 (48.8%)
Dare County
Zip code:
27948
Median resident age: 36.7 years
Median household income: $39,712 (year 2000)
Median house value: $104,500 (year 2000)
Races in Kill Devil Hills:
- White Non-Hispanic (94.6%)
- Hispanic (3.0%)
- Other race (1.1%)
- Two or more races (1.1%)
- Black (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (19.2%), German (16.0%),
Irish (11.9%), United States (9.5%), Italian (5.6%), Scottish
(3.8%).
Elevation: 15 feet
Land area: 5.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Kill Devil Hills
- High school or higher: 91.3%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 27.0%
- Graduate or professional degree: 7.4%
- Unemployed: 4.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 20.1 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Kill Devil Hills town
- Never married: 26.6%
- Now married: 51.9%
- Separated: 2.9%
- Widowed: 4.2%
- Divorced: 14.3%
3.3% Foreign born (1.4% Latin America, 1.0%
Europe, 0.6% Asia).
Population change in the 1990s: +1,609 (+37.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Kill Devil Hills:
- OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC,THE (about 9 miles; NAGS
HEAD, NC)
- ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL (about 44 miles; ELIZABETH CITY,
NC)
- VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 62 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Kill
Devil Hills:
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 60 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
- NORFOLK INTL (about 70 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: ORF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 76 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Kill Devil Hills:
- FIRST FLIGHT (about 1 miles; KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC;
ID: FFA)
- DARE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 8 miles; MANTEO, NC; ID:
MQI)
- CURRITUCK COUNTY (about 34 miles; CURRITUCK, NC; ID:
9W7)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Kill Devil Hills:
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 66 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 71 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 72 miles;
NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 74 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 87 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 93 miles;
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
Public primary/middle schools in Kill Devil Hills:
- FIRST FLIGHT MIDDLE (Students: 745; Location:
109 RUN HILL ROAD; Grades: 06 - 08)
- FIRST FLIGHT ELEMENTARY (Students: 573;
Location: 107 RUN HILL ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
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