Kitty Hawk ranks #2 in North Carolina for graduation rate
Kitty Hawk is ranked on 34 lists against the 297 North Carolina towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 9.
A podium finish, and more
Each list ranks every NC town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Kitty Hawk marked.
Longer growing season than 100% of North Carolina
Not better or worse, just Kitty Hawk’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Kitty Hawk lands in the top half on 14 of 20 lists
Each dot is Kitty Hawk’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in NC, the right end is last. Areas where Kitty Hawk does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for health insurance
Lists where Kitty Hawk sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Kitty Hawk out-ranks 0 of its 2 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Where Kitty Hawk lands in every NC ranking
38 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Morrisville · 100 / 100
#36
Lowest obesity#1 Morrisville · 22%
#37
Fewest smokers#1 Morrisville · 7%
#47
Most active#1 Wrightsville Beach · 13%
#44
S
Fewest uninsured#1 St. James · 4%
#11
Lowest depression#1 Morrisville · 19%
#63
Closest to a top hospital#1 Winston-Salem · 0.0 mi
#113 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Spring Lake · 81.9%
#12
Most trails#1 Carrboro · 4.5 mi / sq mi
#63
Most walkable#1 Carolina Beach · 134 / sq mi
#247 People
B Most educated#1 Briar Chapel · 81.6% #79
Youngest#1 Cullowhee · 21.0
#264
Oldest#1 Sunset Beach · 69.1
#33
S
Most residents 65+#1 St. James · 62.8%
#114
Most kids#1 Whispering Pines · 34.6%
#218 
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Jamestown · 13.4 min
#153 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Emerald Isle · 68.9%
#9
Most new homes#1 Wendell · 77.4 per 1,000
#59
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Henderson · +129.4%
#17
Housing hasn't kept up#1 Tabor City · 19.2 per home
#47 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 La Grange · 1.2 yrs
#276
Cheapest rent#1 Edenton · $388/mo
#193
E
Lowest property tax#1 Emma · $518/yr
#245
Rent easiest to afford#1 Morrisville · 24.8%
The number on the right is Kitty Hawk’s spot. All of North Carolina’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every NC list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.