Buxton vs Frisco

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

Buxton and Frisco 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 613 in Frisco). Buxton has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $43,162 in Frisco). Frisco has the higher median home value ($430,100 vs $385,400 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Frisco
Population	1,451	613
Median age	50.2 yrs	54.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$43,162
Median home value	$385,400	$430,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	—
Housing units	995	766
Homeownership rate	75.7%	95.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	36.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Frisco
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	104 → 613 (+489.4%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$35,916 → $43,162 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$238,300 → $430,100 (+80.5%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$850 → $876 (+3.1%)

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

Frisco

Population

104613

Median household income

$35,916$43,162

Median home value

$238,300$430,100

Median gross rent

$850$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Frisco
Under 5	1.0%	3.3%
5 to 17	11.5%	11.9%
18 to 24	14.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	5.8%	7.0%
35 to 44	9.0%	17.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.3%
55 to 64	23.2%	7.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	27.1%
75 and over	2.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Frisco
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	66.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	16.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	17.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Frisco
No high school diploma	5.5%	15.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	24.0%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	28.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Frisco
Drove alone	57.1%	49.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	14.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	36.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Frisco
1-unit, detached	68.9%	91.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	4.7%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Frisco
Poverty rate	7.8%	14.8%
Average household size	2.27	1.78
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1994	1986