Hyde County
- Population
- 4,592
- Area
- 612.34 sq mi (1,585.96 km²), 846.7 sq mi water
- Median age
- 47.1
- Households
- 1,939
- Persons per household
- 2
- Median household income
- $53,713
- Median house value
- $124,000
Demographics: 2020–2024 ACS
Cities & Towns in Hyde County
Local News
Coastal Review
Published September 24Researchers to share results of OBX co-development project
N.C. State researchers will share their findings from a community co-development project with residents at an open house-style research fair planned for Oct. 3 in Ocracoke and Hatteras.
Coastal Review
Published August 07Officials plan public meetings to address new ferry tolls
The 2026 budget mandates that NCDOT begin collecting tolls for the currently free Currituck-Knotts Island, Bayview-Aurora, Hatteras-Ocracoke and Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach ferries by Jan. 1, 2027.
Coastal Review
Published August 04‘There’s no way’: Hanig decries rationale, rush to toll ferries
Sen. Bobby Hanig says the Jan. 1 deadline is impossible, but legislative leaders have so far refused to budge on the date by which the Ferry Division must implement tolling for the four state ferries that now are free to ride.
Coastal Review
Published July 24Outer Banks organization asks lawmakers to delay ferry tolls
Pushing the North Carolina Ferry Division's deadline to enforce toll fees at all of its ferry routes by one year would give officials the time they will need to develop, test and deploy a new collection system, the Ocracoke Access Alliance says.