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Buxton, NC

1,451 Population
7.8 square miles 185 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

50.2 ±7.3 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 48.5 ±0.4
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$42,574 ±$8,505 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $46,784 ±$2,006
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,054 ±$55,648 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $81,214 ±$5,786
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

7.8% ±6.8% (113  ±106) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 7.5% † 2,817 (±1.5% / ±545)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

16.2 minutes ±5.1 (10,595  ±6,952) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 22 354,700 (±1.6 / ±29,721)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

637 ±201 Number of households
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 16,483 ±769
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.3 ±0.3 (1,446  ±502) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 2.3 37,323 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

995 ±216 Number of housing units
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 34,839 ±40
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$385,400 ±$92,856 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $425,400 ±$15,362
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

11.9% ±9.6% (173  ±151.6) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,744 (±1.8% / ±655.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

94.5% ±42% (999  ±289.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 95.2% 27,143 (±4.1% / ±1,184.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
25.9% ±9.4% (274  ±135.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 42.8% 12,202 (±2.7% / ±755.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

0.3% ±0.5% (5  ±8) Foreign-born population
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 5% 1,857
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

19.2% ±5.5% (244  ±113) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 8.9% † 2,732 (±1.1% / ±337)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
244 Total veterans ±113 231 Male ±108 13 Female ±25

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