Buxton vs Kitty Hawk

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

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

Kitty Hawk has the higher population (3,721 vs 1,451 in Buxton). Kitty Hawk has the higher median household income ($88,811 vs $67,054 in Buxton). Kitty Hawk has the higher median home value ($494,200 vs $385,400 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
Population	1,451	3,721
Median age	50.2 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$88,811
Median home value	$385,400	$494,200
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,366
Housing units	995	3,254
Homeownership rate	75.7%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	42.1%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	7.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	3,490 → 3,721 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$70,726 → $88,811 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$348,900 → $494,200 (+41.6%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$1,282 → $1,366 (+6.6%)

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

Kitty Hawk

Population

3,4903,721

Median household income

$70,726$88,811

Median home value

$348,900$494,200

Median gross rent

$1,282$1,366

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
Under 5	1.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	15.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	5.8%	8.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.6%
55 to 64	23.2%	20.4%
65 to 74	17.3%	15.1%
75 and over	2.8%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	85.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	3.4%
Two or more races	2.3%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
No high school diploma	5.5%	2.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	30.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
Drove alone	57.1%	73.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
1-unit, detached	68.9%	67.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	17.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Kitty Hawk
Poverty rate	7.8%	3.7%
Average household size	2.27	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1994	1987