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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Jacksonville, NC
(101.5 miles, pop. 66,715).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Virginia Beach, VA
(119.3 miles, pop. 425,257).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA
(342.7 miles, pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities: Mesic, NC (45.9 miles), Vandemere, NC
(47.8 miles), Harkers Island, NC (49.2 miles), Oriental, NC (49.2 miles),
Stonewall, NC (53.0 miles), Belhaven, NC (53.5 miles), Beaufort, NC (53.8
miles), Bayboro, NC (54.7 miles).
Area code: 252
Industries providing employment:
Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (27.1%), Retail
trade (20.5%), Transportation and warehousing,and utilities (12.5%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Ocracoke:
- PUNGO DISTRICT HOSPITAL (about 53 miles BELHAVEN, NC)
- CARTERET GENERAL HOSPITAL (about 60 miles MOREHEAD CITY, NC)
- OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL INC,THE (about 62 miles NAGS HEAD, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest
to Ocracoke:
- CHERRY POINT MCAS /CUNNINGHAM FIELD/ (about 64 miles CHERRY
POINT, NC ID: NKT)
- CRAVEN COUNTY REGIONAL (about 74 miles NEW BERN, NC ID: EWN)
- PITT-GREENVILLE (about 104 miles GREENVILLE, NC ID: PGV)
Other public-use airports nearest to
Ocracoke:
- OCRACOKE ISLAND (about 2 miles OCRACOKE, NC ID: W95)
- BILLY MITCHELL (about 26 miles HATTERAS, NC ID: HSE)
- HYDE COUNTY (about 31 miles ENGELHARD, NC ID: 7W6)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Ocracoke:
- COASTAL CAROLINA COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 100 miles
JACKSONVILLE, NC Full-time enrollment: 2,237)
- EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY (about 100 miles GREENVILLE, NC FT
enrollment: 16,633)
- PITT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 101 miles GREENVILLE, NC FT
enrollment: 3,072)
- ECPI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 120 miles VIRGINIA BEACH,
VA
FT enrollment: 2,083)
- TIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 122 miles NORFOLK, VA FT
enrollment: 11,042)
- NORFOLK STATE UNIVERSITY (about 122 miles NORFOLK, VA FT
enrollment: 5,820)
- OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY (about 127 miles NORFOLK, VA FT
enrollment: 13,330)
Public primary/middle
school in Ocracoke:
- OCRACOKE (Students: 77 Location: 1 SCHOOLHOUSE RD Grades: KG
- 12)
Ocracoke compared to North Carolina
state average:
- Unemployed percentage significantly below state average.
- Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state
average.
- Median age significantly above state average.
- Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state
average.
- Renting percentage below state average.
- Length of stay since moving in significantly above state
average.
- House age below state average.
- Number of college students significantly below state average.
- Population density significantly below state average for
cities.
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