Buxton vs Duck

A side-by-side comparison of Buxton and Duck: population, income, housing, and more.

Buxton and Duck are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buxton has the higher population (1,451 vs 662 in Duck). Duck has the higher median household income ($118,750 vs $67,054 in Buxton). Duck has the higher median home value ($705,700 vs $385,400 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Duck
Population	1,451	662
Median age	50.2 yrs	61.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$118,750
Median home value	$385,400	$705,700
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,393
Housing units	995	3,007
Homeownership rate	75.7%	86.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	64.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Duck
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	583 → 662 (+13.6%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$87,500 → $118,750 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$592,700 → $705,700 (+19.1%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$1,223 → $1,393 (+13.9%)

Buxton

Population

1,5031,451

Median household income

$56,429$67,054

Median home value

$272,100$385,400

Median gross rent

$967$1,295

Duck

Population

583662

Median household income

$87,500$118,750

Median home value

$592,700$705,700

Median gross rent

$1,223$1,393

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Duck
Under 5	1.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	8.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	3.2%
35 to 44	9.0%	5.9%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	22.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	23.9%
75 and over	2.8%	15.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Duck
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	96.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Duck
No high school diploma	5.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	33.0%	8.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Duck
Drove alone	57.1%	40.8%
Carpooled	9.2%	2.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	2.5%
Bicycle	4.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	20.0%	50.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Duck
1-unit, detached	68.9%	84.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Duck
Poverty rate	7.8%	10.7%
Average household size	2.27	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	16	32
Median year structure built	1994	1988