Kitty Hawk Life-Saving Station · Photo: Jasonspsyche · CC BY-SA 3.0Living in Kitty Hawk, NC: what to set up and who to call
Every home in Kitty Hawk is in ZIP code 27949. The Outer Banks Hospital, 10.5 miles away, is the nearest emergency room.
I’m new in town
What to set up in Kitty Hawk, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.
Power, water and internet
Who to call to start service at a new address in Kitty Hawk.
Power comes from Dominion Energy
Dominion Energy (Virginia Electric & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Kitty Hawk. Its homes paid an average of 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025, about $164 a month (its average across North Carolina).
Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.
Water comes from Dare County Water System
Dare County Water System supplies almost all of Kitty Hawk. It draws ground water and serves 28,732 people in all.
No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.
The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 3.9 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. The highest in five years was 4.0 ppb. That’s higher than 86% of similar systems’ latest results.
The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report
EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. NC0428030.
5 home internet providers serve Kitty Hawk
98% of 2,784 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 69% can get fiber.
| Provider | Technology | Addresses | Fastest (Mbps) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spectrum | Cable, Fiber | 96% | 1,000/35 |
| Brightspeed | Fiber, DSL | 79% | 2,000/2,000 |
| Ripple Fiber | Fiber | 56% | 2,000/2,000 |
| T-Mobile | Fixed wireless | 66% | 100/20 |
| AT&T | Fixed wireless | 24% | 25/3 |
FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.
Trash day in Kitty Hawk depends on your street
Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Kitty Hawk, from the town’s own site.
Your pickup week
- TrashEvery week, on your street’s dayFind your street’s day on kittyhawknc.gov →
Holidays change the pickup schedule: check the town’s calendar for those weeks.
Kitty Hawk/Dare County Recycling Center
4190 Bob Perry Road, Kitty Hawk, NC
- Mon8 am–3 pm
- Tue8 am–3 pm
- Thu8 am–3 pm
- Fri8 am–3 pm
- Sat8 am–noon
From kittyhawknc.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026; pages dated 2026-07-30T20:26:33+00:00, 2026-07-30T20:28:42+00:00, 2026-09-14T19:01:37+00:00, 2026-10-01T19:15:05+00:00. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .
Where your child goes to school
Public school districts and the school path by grade.
Kitty Hawk is in Dare County Schools.
B+School gradeSee Schools →U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.
Town hall and registering to vote
Who to call, and how to register.
Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jun 2023; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Kitty Hawk is in ZIP code 27949
ZIP codes where Kitty Hawk residents live, with the share of the town in each.
| ZIP | Post office name | Share of Kitty Hawk | ZIP’s residents in Kitty Hawk |
|---|---|---|---|
| 27949 | Kitty Hawk, NC | 100% | 45% |
Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.
Getting around, the ER and the library
One line each; the subject pages have the rest.
ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.
Questions about living in Kitty Hawk
Who supplies Kitty Hawk’s drinking water, and has it had violations?
Dare County Water System (EPA ID NC0428030). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 3.9 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.
Who provides electricity in Kitty Hawk?
Dominion Energy (Virginia Electric & Power Co.), an investor-owned utility. Its homes paid about 12.7¢ per kWh in 2025 (EIA).
What internet providers serve Kitty Hawk?
Spectrum, Brightspeed, Ripple Fiber, T-Mobile, AT&T (FCC, as of December 2025).
What ZIP codes are in Kitty Hawk?
27949. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.
What school district is Kitty Hawk in?
Dare County Schools.
How do I register to vote in Kitty Hawk?
In North Carolina you can register online until 25 days before Election Day, in person with same-day registration during the early voting period, or by mail (postmarked 25 days before). Elections here are run by the Dare County Board of Elections. Check your registration at vt.ncsbe.gov.
Sources & dates
Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.
- Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
- Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
- Trash: Kitty Hawk’s own website (kittyhawknc.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
- ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
- Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
- Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
- Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
- Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.