Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina: Old Confederacy metro. In 2024, voted R+19%. Democratic peak: D+59 in 1940.
Key facts
- 2024 presidential margin
- R+19MIT Election Lab
- Political archetype
- Old ConfederacyAkashic typology
- Population
- 37,8752024 5-year
- Median household income
- $88,9942024 5-year
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 86.3%2024 5-year
- Black
- 2.5%2024 5-year
- Hispanic / Latino
- 7.4%2024 5-year
- Peak Democratic margin
- D+59 in 1940MIT Election Lab
- Peak Republican margin
- R+51 in 1972MIT Election Lab
Constituent county margins for Kill Devil Hills, NC, NCOne cell per constituent county, colored by 2024 presidential margin from deep red (Republican) through neutral to deep blue (Democratic), ordered bluest first.
R+60D+60
One cell per constituent county. Ordered by 2024 D-vs-R margin (bluest first). Hover for county-level numbers.
38 presidential elections
| Year | Won | Margin | Democratic | Republican | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | 10,074 | 14,792 | 25,196 | ||
| R | 9,936 | 13,938 | 24,232 | ||
| R | 7,222 | 11,460 | 19,609 | ||
| R | 7,393 | 10,248 | 17,974 | ||
| R | 8,074 | 9,745 | 18,048 | ||
| R | 6,136 | 9,345 | 15,548 | ||
| D | 7,301 | 5,589 | 13,002 | ||
| R | 4,522 | 4,977 | 10,820 | ||
| R | 3,925 | 4,357 | 10,696 | ||
| R | 2,806 | 5,234 | 8,071 | ||
| R | 1,839 | 4,738 | 6,596 | ||
| R | 2,497 | 2,794 | 5,615 | ||
| D | 2,191 | 1,680 | 3,891 | ||
| R | 634 | 1,986 | 2,641 | ||
| R | 700 | 1,035 | 2,579 | ||
| D | 1,476 | 867 | 2,343 | ||
| D | 1,247 | 1,058 | 2,305 | ||
| R | 839 | 1,028 | 1,867 | ||
| D | 959 | 767 | 1,726 | ||
| D | 802 | 373 | 1,214 | ||
| D | 966 | 259 | 1,225 | ||
| D | 1,214 | 315 | 1,529 | ||
| D | 1,389 | 542 | 1,931 | ||
| D | 1,241 | 497 | 1,744 | ||
| D | 883 | 814 | 1,697 | ||
| D | 826 | 629 | 1,457 | ||
| D | 825 | 632 | 1,457 | ||
| D | 470 | 363 | 833 | ||
| D | 397 | 238 | 715 | ||
| D | 416 | 370 | 786 | ||
| D | 415 | 350 | 765 | ||
| D | 404 | 331 | 735 | ||
| R | 408 | 471 | 879 | ||
| R | 335 | 356 | 691 | ||
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Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
English
19.1%
American
14.2%
German
14.0%
Irish
12.1%
Italian
5.7%
Polish
3.3%
French
2.4%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnicity that overlaps the race categories, so these shares can total more than 100%. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Age distribution by sex
Median age: 49.0 in this county, 39.1 nationally
Male
Age
Female
85+
75–84
65–74
55–64
45–54
35–44
25–34
18–24
5–17
<5
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Median household income
2024 inflation-adjusted dollars
$88,994
Kill Devil Hills, NC ranks near the middle of US counties.
Kill Devil Hills, NC$88,994
North Carolina$72,388
United States$80,734
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Poverty rate
All persons below federal poverty line
6.6%
Child poverty is below the national average.
Children under 188.6%
Working age (18–64)6.3%
Seniors (65+)5.6%
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
91.4%
speak English only
Spanish6.5%
Other Indo-European1.6%
Asian & Pacific Islander0.5%
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 49.6% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.
Kill Devil Hills, NC sits in the Carolinas. For nearly a century after Reconstruction, the metro voted Democratic — not because of New Deal politics, but because of the long memory of the Civil War. The Democratic party of the Solid South was the party of segregation, and in Kill Devil Hills, NC as throughout the former Confederacy, Republican identification was politically untenable until the second half of the twentieth century.
The shift began with civil rights. 2004 marked the realignment in Kill Devil Hills, NC, by a twenty-one points margin. The Republican margin reached its widest at fifty-one points in 1972. The 2024 margin was nineteen points.
The political shift has tracked, in Kill Devil Hills, NC, the political shift of the South more broadly. A 86% non-Hispanic-white share, a median household income of $88,994, and a 7% poverty rate describe the demographic context.
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Frequently asked questions
How did Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina vote in 2024?
In 2024, Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina voted Republican by 18.7 points (R+19), carried by the Republican candidate. Out of 25,196 votes cast, 10,074 went Democratic and 14,792 went Republican.
What is Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina's political archetype?
Akashic classifies Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina as a "Old Confederacy" metro based on its long-arc presidential voting pattern. Across 38 elections in the dataset, the metro has voted Democratic 18 times, Republican 16 times, and other 0 times.
When did Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina last vote Democratic?
The most recent presidential election in which Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina voted Democratic was 2000.
How many people live in Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina?
Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina has a population of 37,875 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina?
Median household income in Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina is $88,994 — above the national median of $80,734. The North Carolina state median is $72,388.
What is the political history of Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina?
Akashic tracks 38 presidential elections in Kill Devil Hills, NC, North Carolina from 1876 to 2024. Of those, 18 went Democratic and 16 went Republican. The metro's archetype — "Old Confederacy" — captures the overall trajectory of that voting record.