A typical home in each town, bought with 20% down at 6.3% for 30 years, plus property tax at the town’s own rate and insurance. Change the numbers to fit you.

Down paymentRate%

Duck$5,700/mo

Typical home $1.01M (Zillow) · tax rate 0.51% · or rent about $1,500/mo · Housing →

Seven Devils$3,180/mo

Typical home $553K (Zillow) · tax rate 0.61% · or rent about $1,583/mo · Housing →

The difference: $2,520 a month, about $30,300 a year, between Duck and Seven Devils.

Estimates, not a quote: your price, rate, tax bill and insurance will differ. Tax rate = the Census median tax bill over the median home value.

Life in each

Seven Devils gets 65 more inches of snow a year

The weather, the land, the history and the people, row by row. None of it is a grade: more snow is a plus to a skier.

Seasons

DuckSeven Devils

Snow a year1″67″

January low36°F 20°F

July high86°F 69°F

Growing season (days)266d 159d

Hazard risk (U.S. pctl)98th 68th

Outdoors & history

DuckSeven Devils

Trails6 mi 3 mi

Conserved land7.3%27.7%

Settled2002 —

National Register places1 —

Archive photos6 —

Community

DuckSeven Devils

Posts this month0 0

Neighbors joined0 0

A dot marks the most on each row. Climate: NOAA 1991–2020 normals at the nearest station. Hazard risk: FEMA National Risk Index, expected yearly damage vs U.S. towns.

Where they are

338 miles apart

Straight-line miles between town centers.

DuckNC Seven DevilsNC

Duck ↔ Seven Devils338 miles apart

Everything, side by side

What matters to you?

Pick a few. Those rows jump to the top and the best fit on each is marked. There’s no overall score: what matters is up to you.

Only big differences vs North Carolina average

DuckSeven Devils

People

Population 669Highest 425Lowest

Median age 61.6±3.4Highest 58% above NC 46.8±17.8Lowest 20% above NC

Duck and Seven Devils are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Kids under 18 8.8%±5.3Lowest NC: 21.8% 24%±12.8Highest NC: 21.8%

Seven Devils and Duck are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Age 65+ 40.4%±11.2Highest NC: 17.2% 32.5%±13.9Lowest NC: 17.2%

Duck and Seven Devils are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Bachelor’s degree+adults 25+ 68%Lowest NC: 35.7% 78.3%Highest NC: 35.7%

Enrolled in collegeshare of residents 1.3%±1.9Lowest NC: 6.4% 7.5%±6.2Highest NC: 6.4%

Seven Devils and Duck are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Cost of living

Household incomemedian $136,250±$48kHighest 88% above NC $111,667±$16kLowest 54% above NC

Duck and Seven Devils are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Home valuemedian, owner-occupied $767,500±$146kHighest 166% above NC $426,900±$58kLowest 48% above NC

Rentmedian gross, monthly $1,500±$333Lowest 22% above NC $1,583±$1kHighest 29% above NC

Seven Devils and Duck are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Property taxmedian, yearly $3,895Highest 105% above NC $2,597Lowest 37% above NC

Renters paying 30%+of income on rent 70.6%±76.5Highest NC: 48.9% 38.5%±100Lowest NC: 48.9%

Duck and Seven Devils are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Below poverty line 10.8%Highest NC: 13% 3.3%Lowest NC: 13%

Housing

Homeownersof occupied homes 89%Lowest NC: 66.6% 92.8%Highest NC: 66.6%

Typical home builtmedian year 1988Lowest 3 yrs older than NC 1992Highest 1 yr newer than NC

Getting to work

Average commuteone way 31 minHighest 22% above NC 27 minLowest 7% above NC

Work from home 50.5%±11.5Highest NC: 16.3% 36.3%±28.7Lowest NC: 16.3%

Duck and Seven Devils are within the Census margin of error here, so we can’t say which is really higher.

Work in townworking residents 9.5%Highest 0%Lowest

Typical commute distancemedian, straight-line 13.8 miHighest 9.8 miLowest

Jobs per working residentover 1.5 = a job hub 3.84Highest 1.92Lowest

Top workplaceoutside town Kitty Hawk (14%)Boone (22%)

Between these townsresidents who work in the others Few work in Seven DevilsFew work in Duck

Outdoors

Conserved landshare of the town 7.3%Lowest 27.7%Highest

Trailsmapped miles 5.7 miHighest 3.1 miLowest

Trail densitymiles per sq mi 1.5 miHighest 1.4 miLowest

Parks & preservesnamed on the map 1Lowest 2Highest

Street connectivityintersections per sq mi, a walkability measure 45.9Highest 30.6Lowest

North Carolina average“±” Census margin of errorACS 2020–2024

Deciding?

Ask the people who live there

The numbers stop at the town line. Neighbors can tell you about the commute at 7am, the schools, the winters and the feel of the place.

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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2010 & 2020 censuses, LEHD commute flows; Zillow Home Value Index; NCES Common Core of Data; FBI crime reporting; CDC PLACES; FEMA National Risk Index; NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020; USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. “±” is the Census margin of error; differences inside it are never called. Property tax is top-coded by the Census at $10,000+. There is no overall score: which town is better depends on what matters to you.

Duck vs Seven Devils

Two towns, two different strengths

Where they part ways

A typical home costs $2,520 more a month in Duck

Seven Devils gets 65 more inches of snow a year

338 miles apart

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