Healthcare & Safety — Wanchese, North Carolina

Hospitals

HospitalRatingEmergency
THE OUTER BANKS HOSPITAL, INCN/A starsN/A

County Health Rankings

Adult Obesity0.295%
Adult Smoking0.112%
Uninsured0.11023403%
Physical Inactivity0.176%
Excessive Drinking0.2429729629%
Poor Health0.123%
Children Poverty0.133%

Crime

Violent Crime RateN/A
Property Crime RateN/A

Emergency Services

ServiceNameDistance
PoliceDARE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTN/A mi
PoliceMANTEO POLICE DEPARTMENTN/A mi
PoliceTOWN OF NAGS HEAD POLICE DIVISIONN/A mi
FireRoanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department Station 17 South StationN/A mi
FireNags Head Fire and Rescue Station 21N/A mi
FireRoanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department Station 17 North StationN/A mi
EMSROANOKE ISLAND VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT STATION 17 - SOUTH STATIONN/A mi
EMSDARE COUNTY EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES STATION 2N/A mi
EMSNAGS HEAD FIRE AND RESCUE STATION 21N/A mi

VA Medical Facilities

Traffic Safety (County, N/A)

Fatal Crashes4
Fatalities6
Fatality Rate (per 100K)16.3
Drunk Driving Crashes0
Pedestrian Fatalities0

Vaccination (County)

COVID Dose 195.0%
Fully VaccinatedN/A
BoosterN/A

Overdose Deaths (County, N/A)

Death Rate (per 100K)49.1
Sources: County Health Rankings 2025; FBI UCR/NIBRS 2024 (county level); NHTSA FARS 2023.