Work & commute · Kitty Hawk

Work & commute in Kitty Hawk, NC

Most working residents leave Kitty Hawk for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Kill Devil Hills (12%), Nags Head (10%) and Duck (6%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

313 of 1,704 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,391 Kitty Hawk residents head out of town to work, 313 work right here, and 2,109 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kitty Hawk.

1,391live here, work elsewhere

313live and work here

2,109work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Kitty Hawk goes to work

Kitty Hawk (in town)right here

18%313

Kill Devil Hills4.5 mi away

12%207

Nags Head10.2 mi away

10%174

Duck8.3 mi away

6%105

Manteo12.4 mi away

3%59

Southern Shores3.3 mi away

3%59

Raleigh164.4 mi away

3%54

Elizabeth City32.9 mi away

3%50

Greenville98.5 mi away

2%38

Virginia Beach, VA52 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%614

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

How far

How far Kitty Hawk commutes

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

52%

13%

29%

52%Under 10 mi

13%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

29%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Kitty Hawk is balanced between jobs and homes

1.42jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.42 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kitty Hawk are

2,422 jobs are based in Kitty Hawk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kitty Hawk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kitty Hawk

2,422 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Kitty Hawk residents hold

1,704 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month56%

+1%

Jobs based in Kitty Hawk, 2013 → 2023: 2,405 → 2,422. 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.