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Buckhorn township, Wake County, NC

13,819 Population
35.2 square miles 393.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.1 ±2 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Wake County: 37.3 ±0.1
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$64,254 ±$6,382 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Wake County: $55,448 ±$627
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$182,500 ±$51,968 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Wake County: $105,768 ±$1,626
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.6% ±1.6% (362  ±230) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-third of the rate in Wake County: 8.1% 94,044 (±0.4% / ±4,533)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

29.7 minutes ±10.4 (113,335  ±26,370) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 25.1 11,013,330 (±0.2 / ±162,068)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

4,426 ±467 Number of households
  • Wake County: 460,175 ±2,096
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
3.1 ±0.2 (13,819  ±1,720) Persons per household
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Wake County: 2.5 1,157,174 (±0 / ±197)
  • about 1.3 times the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±5.5% (148  ±202) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Wake County: 5% 15,415 (±0.4% / ±1,259)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

4,426 ±467 Number of housing units
  • Wake County: 496,047 ±204
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$650,100 ±$37,115 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Wake County: $461,300 ±$3,848
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.5% ±4.7% (1,438  ±667.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Wake County: 15% 174,352 (±0.5% / ±6,276.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

99.7% ±3.7% (8,300  ±1,016.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Wake County: 94% 754,819 (±0.9% / ±7,356.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
75.1% ±4.9% (6,254  ±835.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wake County: 57.2% 458,774 (±0.7% / ±5,236.8)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

20.4% ±6.3% (2,822  ±933) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Wake County: 15.3% 179,775
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.5% ±2.5% (491  ±236) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Wake County: 5.6% 51,127 (±0.2% / ±1,883)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
491 Total veterans ±236 456 Male ±231 35 Female ±58

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