The population of Dare county is estimated at 35,760. In 2017 there were 329 births and 357 deaths in Dare county. Dare county has 7,214 housing units that are owned with a mortgage or a loan, 2,904 that are owned free and clear and 4,217 that are renter occupied.

  The good residents of Dare County filed 19,880 federal tax returns in 2017. This amount represents 0.4% of all North Carolina filings and 0.013% of the entire nation. Dare had a combined total federal tax liability of $162,674,000 on earned income of $1,161,408,000. Other notable statistics from Dare County were 970 unemployment claims which collected a total of $2,619,000 and 5,350 charitable contributions valued at $21,268,000. 6,030 filings from Dare County paid a combined total of $18,012,000 in property taxes and 5,270 filings paid $47,689,000 on mortgage interest costs.

  In 2010 Dare county had 63 religious congregations with an estimated 12,632 members.
29.8% of the Dare population has a college level Bachelors degree or higher. 6.8% have less than a highschool diploma level education.

Approximately 53% of Dare County voted in the presidential election of 2016. This is an increase from the 2012 election by 1,395 votes.
At $57,316 the median income is 108.6% of the North Carolina average. An estimated 1,200 people claimed to be unemployed last year in Dare, the equivalant of around 6.0% of the county population. This represents a decrease in the level of unemployment from the previous year's value of 6.8%.

Top 15 Industries in Dare County.
Total # Employed	Industry Job Type
3,372	Retail trade
2,747	Food services and drinking places
2,696	Restaurants and other eating places
637	Supermarkets and other grocery (except convenience) stores
458	Clothing and clothing accessories stores
404	Finance and insurance
404	Other services (except public administration)
398	Manufacturing
395	Clothing stores
376	Services to buildings and dwellings
365	Offices of real estate agents and brokers
349	Building material and garden equipment and supplies dealers
313	Department stores
293	Offices of residential real estate agents and brokers
279	Amusement, gambling, and recreation industries

In 2018 the average price reduction was 2.02% in Dare County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 27949, 27948 and 27959).

In 2018 11.89% of listings in Dare County (averaging across 4 zip codes; 27949, 27948 and 27959) dropped their price.

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