Buxton vs Manteo

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

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

Manteo has the higher population (1,853 vs 1,451 in Buxton). Manteo has the higher median household income ($78,594 vs $67,054 in Buxton). Buxton has the higher median home value ($385,400 vs $384,100 in Manteo).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Manteo
Population	1,451	1,853
Median age	50.2 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$78,594
Median home value	$385,400	$384,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,261
Housing units	995	1,458
Homeownership rate	75.7%	61.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	43.9%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Manteo
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	1,950 → 1,853 (-5.0%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$48,375 → $78,594 (+62.5%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$293,900 → $384,100 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$1,093 → $1,261 (+15.4%)

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

Manteo

Population

1,9501,853

Median household income

$48,375$78,594

Median home value

$293,900$384,100

Median gross rent

$1,093$1,261

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Manteo
Under 5	1.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	11.5%	20.3%
18 to 24	14.7%	4.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	7.9%
55 to 64	23.2%	12.8%
65 to 74	17.3%	17.1%
75 and over	2.8%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Manteo
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	70.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.4%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	14.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Manteo
No high school diploma	5.5%	9.6%
High school graduate	33.0%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	27.0%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	24.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Manteo
Drove alone	57.1%	70.0%
Carpooled	9.2%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	5.8%
Bicycle	4.0%	1.3%
Worked from home	20.0%	13.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Manteo
1-unit, detached	68.9%	48.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	28.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.3%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Manteo
Poverty rate	7.8%	23.2%
Average household size	2.27	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	16	23
Median year structure built	1994	1992