Buxton vs Southern Shores

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

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

Southern Shores has the higher population (3,119 vs 1,451 in Buxton). Southern Shores has the higher median household income ($116,859 vs $67,054 in Buxton). Southern Shores has the higher median home value ($621,100 vs $385,400 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Southern Shores
Population	1,451	3,119
Median age	50.2 yrs	57.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$116,859
Median home value	$385,400	$621,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	$2,018
Housing units	995	2,461
Homeownership rate	75.7%	87.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	56.7%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Southern Shores
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	2,899 → 3,119 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$96,553 → $116,859 (+21.0%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$465,200 → $621,100 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$1,914 → $2,018 (+5.4%)

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

Southern Shores

Population

2,8993,119

Median household income

$96,553$116,859

Median home value

$465,200$621,100

Median gross rent

$1,914$2,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Southern Shores
Under 5	1.0%	2.5%
5 to 17	11.5%	12.1%
18 to 24	14.7%	3.5%
25 to 34	5.8%	9.1%
35 to 44	9.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.7%
55 to 64	23.2%	19.6%
65 to 74	17.3%	18.9%
75 and over	2.8%	12.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Southern Shores
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Southern Shores
No high school diploma	5.5%	1.1%
High school graduate	33.0%	19.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	22.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	32.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	23.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Southern Shores
Drove alone	57.1%	79.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	4.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	4.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	20.0%	14.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Southern Shores
1-unit, detached	68.9%	99.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.0%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Southern Shores
Poverty rate	7.8%	0.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	16	25
Median year structure built	1994	1989