Angier vs Buies Creek

A side-by-side comparison of Angier and Buies Creek: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Angier has the higher population (5,746 vs 3,613 in Buies Creek). Buies Creek has the higher median household income ($52,458 vs $51,162 in Angier). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $236,100 in Angier).

Population, income & housing

	Angier	Buies Creek
Population	5,746	3,613
Median age	40.0 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$51,162	$52,458
Median home value	$236,100	$370,500
Median gross rent	$949	$1,176
Housing units	2,627	1,188
Homeownership rate	61.6%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.9%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Angier	Buies Creek
Population	5,893 → 5,746 (-2.5%)	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)
Median household income	$48,306 → $51,162 (+5.9%)	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)
Median home value	$157,800 → $236,100 (+49.6%)	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)
Median gross rent	$839 → $949 (+13.1%)	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)

Angier

Population

5,8935,746

Median household income

$48,306$51,162

Median home value

$157,800$236,100

Median gross rent

$839$949

Buies Creek

Population

2,5853,613

Median household income

$35,109$52,458

Median home value

$162,000$370,500

Median gross rent

$833$1,176

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Angier	Buies Creek
Under 5	5.5%	1.7%
5 to 17	16.6%	3.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	59.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	15.0%
35 to 44	13.6%	5.8%
45 to 54	13.7%	3.2%
55 to 64	12.8%	4.9%
65 to 74	9.0%	3.2%
75 and over	7.4%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Angier	Buies Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	52.5%	81.7%
Black or African American	15.1%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	28.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Angier	Buies Creek
No high school diploma	20.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	24.2%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	28.3%	5.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.9%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Angier	Buies Creek
Drove alone	82.4%	65.1%
Carpooled	8.1%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Angier	Buies Creek
1-unit, detached	72.0%	30.8%
1-unit, attached	5.1%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	10.7%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	3.7%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Angier	Buies Creek
Poverty rate	7.7%	45.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	1997	2002