| ZIP Codes: | 5 ZIP Codes (4 Standard, 1 PO Box, 0 Unique) [See All] |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (GMT -05:00) |
| Local Time: | 2:12:57 PM |
| Population: | 4,035 [See All] |
| FIPS: | 37095 |
| Land Area: | 595 sq mi |
| Water Area: | 176 sq mi |
| Coordinates: | 35.4292, -76.1663 |
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4,035 residents live across 5 ZIPs covering 595 sq mi, served by 5 distinct USPS-recognized cities.
Population moved from 5,363 to 4,035 from 2014 to 2024 — a -24.8% change. 1 ZIPs gained residents, 4 lost.
The county's wealthiest ZIP 27960 (Ocracoke, $77,583 median) and poorest ZIP 27875 (Scranton, $21,991) are 39.9 miles apart — a 3.5× income gap across local geography.
Median home values vary 5.7× across this county — from $79,900 in 27824 (Engelhard) to $456,200 in 27960 (Ocracoke).
Density varies 22× across the county — from 3 people/sq mi in 27875 (Scranton) to 76 in 27960 (Ocracoke).
Educational attainment ranges from 7.5% bachelor's+ in 27885 (Swanquarter) to 39.7% in 27960 (Ocracoke) — the breadth of educational profiles across the area.
Within North Carolina, this is the #99 most populous of 100 counties and ranks #88 for median household income .
Weighted by population, the typical household earns about $53,398 across the county — reflecting what a typical resident sees, not a simple ZIP average.
14.9% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher (477 of 3,211 reporting).
4 Standard delivery, 1 PO Box only, 0 single-entity Unique ZIPs serve this county.
Median household income spans 3.5× between the wealthiest and poorest ZIPs — a sign of significant intra-county inequality.
A frontier county — vast land area with only a few residents per square mile. Daily life looks very different here than in the country's denser counties.
Hyde County lost 24.8% of residents between 2014 and 2024. ZIPs that shed the largest share: