Work & commute · Kill Devil Hills

Work & commute in Kill Devil Hills, NC

About one in 5 of Kill Devil Hills’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Nags Head (13%), Kitty Hawk (11%) and Manteo (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
22%
784 of 3,580 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
21 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
14%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,796 Kill Devil Hills residents head out of town to work, 784 work right here, and 2,430 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kill Devil Hills.

2,796live here, work elsewhere
784live and work here
2,430work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Kill Devil Hills goes to work

ManteoDuckSouthern ShoresKill Devil HillsNags HeadKitty HawkElizabeth CityGreenvilleRaleighChesapeakeManns HarborWancheseGrandyNags HeadKitty HawkManteoDuckGreenvilleSouthern ShoresElizabeth CityRaleighChesapeakeKill Devil Hills
1
Kill Devil Hills (in town)right here
22%784
2
Nags Head5.7 mi away
13%448
3
Kitty Hawk4.5 mi away
11%383
4
Manteo8.3 mi away
5%185
5
Duck12.6 mi away
4%147
6
Greenville99.8 mi away
3%91
7
Southern Shores7.7 mi away
2%84
8
Elizabeth City37 mi away
2%74
9
Raleigh166.6 mi away
2%65
10
Chesapeake, VA57.7 mi away
1%51
Everywhere elseother towns and states
35%1,268

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Kill Devil Hills commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

58%Under 10 mi
9%10–24 mi
5%25–50 mi
28%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kill Devil Hills is balanced between jobs and homes

0.90jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.90 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kill Devil Hills are

3,214 jobs are based in Kill Devil Hills. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kill Devil Hills’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kill Devil Hills

3,214 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)12%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)70%
$1,250 a month or less19%
$1,251–$3,333 a month37%
Over $3,333 a month44%

Jobs Kill Devil Hills residents hold

3,580 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities21%
Services (health, schools, offices…)68%
$1,250 a month or less16%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%
Over $3,333 a month52%
+7%

Jobs based in Kill Devil Hills, 2013 → 2023: 3,016 → 3,214. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.
Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.
Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.

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