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Buxton, NC

1,267 Population
7.8 square miles 161.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.2 ±11.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 49 ±0.4
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2

Economics

$40,618 ±$8,975 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $56,589 ±$4,704
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
$-666,666,700 Median household income
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $88,994 ±$5,211
  • North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324

6.7% ±7.1% (85  ±98) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 6.6% † 2,497 (±1.4% / ±522)
  • about half the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)

15.8 minutes ±7.4 (9,695  ±7,215) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 22.4 366,240 (±1.6 / ±29,655)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)

Families

560 ±212 Number of households
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 16,836 ±642
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
2.3 ±0.6 (1,262  ±586) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 2.2 37,656 (±0.1 / ±10)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237

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

Housing

972 ±287 Number of housing units
  • the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 35,278 ±74
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642

$409,900 ±$98,358 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: $460,400 ±$16,420
  • about 1.4 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086

13.6% ±13.3% (172  ±187) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 10% † 3,783 (±1.9% / ±715.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)

Social

93.7% ±48.2% (831  ±280) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 94.7% 27,351 (±4.1% / ±1,174.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
25.5% ±11.5% (226  ±134.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 43.2% 12,479 (±2.6% / ±750.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)

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

0.4% ±0.8% (5  ±10) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent of the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 4.7% 1,785
  • less than 10 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325

19.1% ±9.3% (209  ±137) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in the Kill Devil Hills, NC Micro Area: 8.1% † 2,498 (±1% / ±317)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
209 Total veterans ±137 209 Male ±137 N/A Female ±14

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