|
Population (year 2000): 2,700. Estimated
population in July 2005: 3,076 (+13.9% change)
Males: 1,337 (49.5%), Females: 1,363 (50.5%)
Dare County
Zip code:
27959
Median resident age: 42.7 years
Median household income: $53,095 (year 2000)
Median house value: $143,900 (year 2000)
Races in Nags Head:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.0%)
- Hispanic (1.4%)
- Black (1.3%)
- Two or more races (0.6%)
Ancestries: English (23.8%), German (14.3%),
Irish (14.0%), United States (9.7%), Italian (5.0%), French
(3.5%).
Elevation: 10 feet
Land area: 6.5 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Nags Head
- High school or higher: 94.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 34.7%
- Graduate or professional degree: 10.5%
- Unemployed: 4.4%
- Mean travel time to work: 19.5 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Nags Head town
- Never married: 20.2%
- Now married: 60.4%
- Separated: 1.4%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 11.5%
1.9% Foreign born
Population change in the 1990s: +871 (+47.6%).
Hospital/medical center in Nags Head:
- OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC,THE (4800 S CROATAN
HWY)
Other hospitals/medical centers near Nags Head:
- ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL (about 50 miles; ELIZABETH CITY,
NC)
- VIRGINIA BEACH GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 69 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)
- VIRGINIA BEACH PSYCHIATRIC CENTER (about 69 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Nags
Head:
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 68 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
- NORFOLK INTL (about 77 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: ORF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 83 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Nags Head:
- DARE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 5 miles; MANTEO, NC; ID:
MQI)
- FIRST FLIGHT (about 7 miles; KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC;
ID: FFA)
- HYDE COUNTY (about 36 miles; ENGELHARD, NC; ID: 7W6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Nags Head:
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 73 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 79 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 79 miles;
NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 82 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 90 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 95 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 100 miles;
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
|
