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Population (year 2000): 1,527
Males: 774 (50.7%), Females: 753 (49.3%)
Dare County
Zip code:
27981
Median resident age: 37.2 years
Median household income: $39,250 (year 2000)
Median house value: $104,900 (year 2000)
Races in Wanchese:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.7%)
- Hispanic (1.8%)
- American Indian (0.9%)
Ancestries: English (23.9%), United States
(22.3%), Irish (15.0%), German (11.9%), Italian (4.4%), Polish
(3.9%).
Elevation: 9 feet
Land area: 4.7 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Wanchese
- High school or higher: 76.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 16.2%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.5%
- Unemployed: 2.8%
- Mean travel time to work: 14.8 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Wanchese CDP
- Never married: 19.0%
- Now married: 63.3%
- Separated: 2.7%
- Widowed: 6.5%
- Divorced: 8.5%
1.2% Foreign born
Hospitals/medical centers near Wanchese:
- OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC,THE (about 6 miles; NAGS
HEAD, NC)
- ALBEMARLE HOSPITAL (about 52 miles; ELIZABETH CITY,
NC)
- PUNGO DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 70 miles; BELHAVEN,
NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Wanchese:
- OCEANA NAS /APOLLO SOUCEK FIELD/ (about 73 miles;
VIRGINIA BEACH, VA; ID: NTU)
- NORFOLK INTL (about 82 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: ORF)
- NORFOLK NS (about 88 miles; NORFOLK, VA; ID: NGU)
Other public-use airports nearest to Wanchese:
- DARE COUNTY REGIONAL (about 6 miles; MANTEO, NC; ID:
MQI)
- FIRST FLIGHT (about 12 miles; KILL DEVIL HILLS, NC;
ID: FFA)
- HYDE COUNTY (about 30 miles; ENGELHARD, NC; ID: 7W6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Wanchese:
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 77 miles; VIRGINIA
BEACH, VA; Full-time enrollment: 2,083)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 83 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 5,820)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 83 miles;
NORFOLK, VA; FT enrollment: 11,042)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 86 miles; NORFOLK,
VA; FT enrollment: 13,330)
- HAMPTON UNIVERSITY (about 95 miles; HAMPTON, VA; FT
enrollment: 5,249)
- THOMAS NELSON COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 99 miles;
Hampton, VA; FT enrollment: 3,884)
- CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT UNIVERSITY (about 104 miles;
NEWPORT NEWS, VA; FT enrollment: 4,432)
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