Bunn vs Louisburg

A side-by-side comparison of Bunn and Louisburg: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Louisburg has the higher population (3,128 vs 468 in Bunn). Bunn has the higher median household income ($53,750 vs $31,827 in Louisburg). Louisburg has the higher median home value ($217,400 vs $212,500 in Bunn).

Population, income & housing

	Bunn	Louisburg
Population	468	3,128
Median age	45.0 yrs	36.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,750	$31,827
Median home value	$212,500	$217,400
Median gross rent	$859	$1,008
Housing units	247	1,220
Homeownership rate	58.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.8%	20.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	26.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bunn	Louisburg
Population	298 → 468 (+57.0%)	3,531 → 3,128 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$32,083 → $53,750 (+67.5%)	$41,250 → $31,827 (-22.8%)
Median home value	$85,000 → $212,500 (+150.0%)	$161,100 → $217,400 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $859 (+19.1%)	$586 → $1,008 (+72.0%)

Bunn

Population

298468

Median household income

$32,083$53,750

Median home value

$85,000$212,500

Median gross rent

$721$859

Louisburg

Population

3,5313,128

Median household income

$41,250$31,827

Median home value

$161,100$217,400

Median gross rent

$586$1,008

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bunn	Louisburg
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.4%	16.5%
18 to 24	4.1%	17.0%
25 to 34	9.4%	9.6%
35 to 44	15.2%	8.9%
45 to 54	16.7%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.7%
65 to 74	8.8%	7.8%
75 and over	10.0%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bunn	Louisburg
White (non-Hispanic)	50.0%	42.3%
Black or African American	24.1%	47.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	21.2%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.9%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bunn	Louisburg
No high school diploma	22.6%	15.6%
High school graduate	27.2%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.7%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bunn	Louisburg
Drove alone	52.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	20.9%	13.4%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	9.4%	3.6%
Bicycle	2.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bunn	Louisburg
1-unit, detached	78.5%	59.8%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	3.6%	12.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Bunn	Louisburg
Poverty rate	5.3%	37.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	23	38
Median year structure built	1968	1970