North Carolina · Census place 3745880
Nags Head, North Carolina
Nags Head is a town in Dare County, North Carolina with an estimated 3,106 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 213th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,106
- #213 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- -2.3%
- -73 people
- Land area
- 6.6 sq mi
- + 0.07 sq mi water
- Density
- 469 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Nags Head population, 2020 to 2024
Nags Head lost 73 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -2.3%. In the latest year it moved by -28.
Nags Head covers 6.62 square miles of land and 0.07 of water, for 469 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Nags Head is less dense than the typical town.
What county Nags Head is in
All of Nags Head's residents live in Dare County, which had 38,183 residents in 2024. Nags Head holds 8.1% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Nags Head
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Nags Head by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 27959. 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 Nags Head is
The Census internal point of Nags Head is at 35.947500, -75.625700. Raleigh, the capital, is 169.1 miles W in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Kill Devil Hills, NC (7,742 people), 5.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Virginia Beach, VA, 61.7 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.947500, -75.625700
- DMS
- 35°56'51.00"N 75°37'32.52"W
- UTM
- 18N 443569.4E 3978306.3N
- Geohash
- dq6hx0513
- Plus code
- 8776W9WF+XP
Daylight in Nags Head
At 35.95° N, Nags Head gets about 14 h 36 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 43 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 53 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Nags Head
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Manteo, 3.7 miles away, with 1,595 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Nags Head, NC?
3,106 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 73 (2.3%) from 3,179 in July 2020.
What county is Nags Head in?
Dare County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Nags Head?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 27959.
How far is Nags Head from Raleigh?
169.1 miles (272.2 km) in a straight line, heading W from Nags Head.
What is the nearest larger city to Nags Head?
Kill Devil Hills, NC, with 7,742 residents, 5.5 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.