Buxton vs Manns Harbor

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

Buxton and Manns Harbor 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 972 in Manns Harbor). Buxton has the higher median household income ($67,054 vs $27,087 in Manns Harbor). Buxton has the higher median home value ($385,400 vs $205,100 in Manns Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
Population	1,451	972
Median age	50.2 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$27,087
Median home value	$385,400	$205,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,164
Housing units	995	546
Homeownership rate	75.7%	58.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	782 → 972 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$48,945 → $27,087 (-44.7%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$151,100 → $205,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$996 → $1,164 (+16.9%)

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

Manns Harbor

Population

782972

Median household income

$48,945$27,087

Median home value

$151,100$205,100

Median gross rent

$996$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
Under 5	1.0%	10.6%
5 to 17	11.5%	21.2%
18 to 24	14.7%	2.4%
25 to 34	5.8%	17.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	10.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	4.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	13.1%
65 to 74	17.3%	5.2%
75 and over	2.8%	14.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	64.0%
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%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
No high school diploma	5.5%	11.9%
High school graduate	33.0%	42.7%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	0.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
Drove alone	57.1%	80.1%
Carpooled	9.2%	9.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	10.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
1-unit, detached	68.9%	45.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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%	54.2%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Manns Harbor
Poverty rate	7.8%	23.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	16	15
Median year structure built	1994	1985