North Carolina · Census place 3736060

Kitty Hawk, North Carolina

Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,691 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 193rd largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 3,691; #193 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: -0.5%; -18 people
Land area: 8.1 sq mi; + 0.17 sq mi water
Density: 455 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Kitty Hawk. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Kitty Hawk population, 2020 to 2024

Kitty Hawk lost 18 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.5%. In the latest year it moved by -30.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,703. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Kitty Hawk covers 8.12 square miles of land and 0.17 of water, for 455 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Kitty Hawk is less dense than the typical town.

What county Kitty Hawk is in

All of Kitty Hawk's residents live in Dare County, which had 38,183 residents in 2024. Kitty Hawk holds 9.7% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Kitty Hawk

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Kitty Hawk by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27949. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Kitty Hawk is

The Census internal point of Kitty Hawk is at 36.070100, -75.717200. Raleigh, the capital, is 164.7 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kill Devil Hills, NC (7,742 people), 4.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Virginia Beach, VA, 52.0 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 36.070100, -75.717200
DMS: 36°04'12.36"N 75°43'1.92"W
UTM: 18N 435417.2E 3991961.6N
Geohash: dq6jjn27t
Plus code: 878637CM+24

Daylight in Kitty Hawk

At 36.07° N, Kitty Hawk gets about 14 h 37 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 42 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 55 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Kitty Hawk

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Southern Shores, 3.3 miles away, with 3,127 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Kitty Hawk, NC?

3,691 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 18 (0.5%) from 3,709 in July 2020.

What county is Kitty Hawk in?

Dare County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Kitty Hawk?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27949.

How far is Kitty Hawk from Raleigh?

164.7 miles (265.1 km) in a straight line, heading W from Kitty Hawk.

What is the nearest larger city to Kitty Hawk?

Kill Devil Hills, NC, with 7,742 residents, 4.5 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.