Buxton vs Wanchese

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

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

Wanchese has the higher population (1,793 vs 1,451 in Buxton). Wanchese has the higher median household income ($73,542 vs $67,054 in Buxton). Buxton has the higher median home value ($385,400 vs $257,100 in Wanchese).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Wanchese
Population	1,451	1,793
Median age	50.2 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$67,054	$73,542
Median home value	$385,400	$257,100
Median gross rent	$1,295	$1,031
Housing units	995	772
Homeownership rate	75.7%	73.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.9%	29.2%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Wanchese
Population	1,503 → 1,451 (-3.5%)	1,732 → 1,793 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$56,429 → $67,054 (+18.8%)	$55,799 → $73,542 (+31.8%)
Median home value	$272,100 → $385,400 (+41.6%)	$218,500 → $257,100 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$967 → $1,295 (+33.9%)	$1,099 → $1,031 (-6.2%)

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

Wanchese

Population

1,7321,793

Median household income

$55,799$73,542

Median home value

$218,500$257,100

Median gross rent

$1,099$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Wanchese
Under 5	1.0%	8.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	18.7%
18 to 24	14.7%	3.3%
25 to 34	5.8%	13.8%
35 to 44	9.0%	14.2%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.1%
55 to 64	23.2%	15.3%
65 to 74	17.3%	11.2%
75 and over	2.8%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Wanchese
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	97.8%
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%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Wanchese
No high school diploma	5.5%	7.4%
High school graduate	33.0%	39.6%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	23.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	24.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	5.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Wanchese
Drove alone	57.1%	75.3%
Carpooled	9.2%	17.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	9.6%	0.5%
Bicycle	4.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Wanchese
1-unit, detached	68.9%	68.9%
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%	31.1%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Wanchese
Poverty rate	7.8%	5.0%
Average household size	2.27	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1994	1985