Avon is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Dare County in the U.S. state of North Carolina.

As of the 2020 United States census, there were 832 people, 328 households, and 83 families residing in the CDP.

[7] The U.S. Life-Saving Service constructed the Little Kinnakeet Life Saving Station in 1874, remaining active, under the Coast Guard from 1915, until decommissioned in 1954.

Avon is part of District 4, along with Buxton, Frisco, Hatteras, Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo.

The plant hardiness zone in Avon is 8b with an average annual extreme minimum air temperature of 18.5 °F (-7.5 °C).