Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina.
Typical home $522,361 (+1.9% in a year), asking rent $2,112 . Kill Devil Hills, NC metro.
to buy the typical home at today's mortgage rate — +$1,632 (+147%) since Jan 2020.
- 1 year
- Up $9,715 +2%
- $512,646$522,361 since Sep 2025
- 5 years
- Up $116,496 +29%
- $405,865$522,361 since Sep 2021
Monthly payment to buy the typical home
Home value × that month's 30-year mortgage rate, 20% down, principal and interest. This is the line households feel: prices and rates compound each other.
- Kill Devil Hills$2,742
- North Carolina$1,743
- United States$1,922
At the last five years' pace, a typical home here doubles in price every 14 years.
Typical home values in Kill Devil Hills, NC rose 1.9% over the past year — faster than the nation's +1.2%.
Living in Kill Devil Hills, Dare County, North Carolina
Kill Devil Hills is a town of 7,656 people in Dare County. Half its households earn more than $89,773 a year and half less, against $88,994 across Dare County; 9% of its people live below the poverty line. 74% of its homes are lived in by their owners and 26% are rented. Unemployment in Dare County was 2.9% in August 2026, and the county had 1.8% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in construction, then restaurants and hotels.
Written by AI Claude Sonnet 5.5 wrote this on 23 October 2026 from the figures here, a list of nearby places and what it knows. It can be wrong or out of date.
What it’s like
The place. Kill Devil Hills is a seaside town on the Outer Banks, and its residents are older than in most of the country. Most homes are lived in by their owners, and incomes run a little above the county's. Homes and rents here are expensive, and a four-year degree is common among adults. Winters are mild and rarely bring snow, summers are warm, and rain falls through the year.
Work. Many residents work in the building trades, in restaurants, hotels and entertainment, in professional and business services, and in schools, hospitals and social care. Some of the largest workplaces in town are Target, Lowe's and Publix. Unemployment across Dare County is low and a little lower than a year ago, and the county has added jobs over the past year. A fair number of people work from home, and the typical trip to work is short.
Things to do. Wright Brothers National Memorial is a protected area in or beside town, set where the first powered flights took place. A short drive away, Jockey's Ridge State Park is another protected area, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site is a short drive away too. For a beach, Coquina Beach is a longer drive away.
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- 3,384households
- 45%of adults have a degree
- 9%below the poverty line
- 21 mintypical commute
- 14%work from home
What residents work in
Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Dare County had 20,728 jobs in 2025, 1.8% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).
Weather through the year
Coldest in January, with highs near 51° and lows near 36°; warmest in July, with highs near 86° and lows near 73°. About 1 inches of snow and 47 inches of rain and melted snow a year.
Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Manteo Airport weather station, 7 miles away (NOAA).
Largest workplaces in Kill Devil Hills
- TargetDiscount department stores167
- Lowe's Companies, INCHomecenter126
- Publix Super MarketsSupermarkets and other grocery stores110
- Spring Arbor ManagementAssisted-living facilities without on-site nursing care facilities95
- Harris Teeter Supermarkets, Inc.Supermarkets and other grocery stores94
- Food LionGrocery stores82
- BelkDepartment stores except discount department stores44
- Kill Devil Hills Fire/EMSFire departments)43
Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 10 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 819 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.
Natural hazards
- HurricanesVery high
- LightningVery high
- Winter weatherVery high
- Coastal floodingRelatively moderate
- Strong windRelatively moderate
- TornadoesRelatively moderate
FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in Kill Devil Hills’ census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, very high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.
From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Dare County and the Kill Devil Hills, NC metro.
Kill Devil Hills home values
Zillow measures a city over its municipal boundary. Against the state and national figures, mid-tier homes, smoothed and seasonally adjusted.
- Kill Devil Hills$522,361
- North Carolina$332,159
- United States$366,157
Levy by levy, and a check of one home’s own bill, the site covers Ohio’s property tax.
Sellers are cutting prices on about 1 in 4 Kill Devil Hills listings, and the typical home goes pending in 35 days — the market is roughly in balance.
When this market ran hot
Each cell is that month's year-on-year home-value growth. Read left to right, top row is the latest year — the 2021–22 band is the boom.
Market heat, inside the city limits
Share of listings with a price cut
The early-warning dial: sellers cut when buyers stop reaching. Rising cuts cool a market months before prices notice.
- Kill Devil Hills22.25%
- United States26.90%
Days to pending
How long the typical listing takes to go under contract.
- Kill Devil Hills35
- United States24
Homes for sale
Active for-sale inventory. More supply hands power to buyers.
- Kill Devil Hills207
New listings per month
Sellers arriving at the market.
- Kill Devil Hills59
Median sale price
What buyers actually paid — closed sales, not asking prices.
- Kill Devil Hills$530,274
- United States$371,407
Sale-to-list ratio
Above 100%, homes sell over asking; below, buyers negotiate wins.
- Kill Devil Hills97.14%
Zip codes with a Kill Devil Hills address
A different geography, not a breakdown. The figure above covers the municipality; these zips cover everywhere the Post Office calls Kill Devil Hills — often including townships beyond the city limits. Both come straight from Zillow, and they are not expected to average out.