Barbecue vs Buies Creek

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

Barbecue 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.

Barbecue has the higher population (5,933 vs 3,613 in Buies Creek). Barbecue has the higher median household income ($80,380 vs $52,458 in Buies Creek). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $199,300 in Barbecue).

Population, income & housing

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
Population	5,933	3,613
Median age	33.2 yrs	22.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,380	$52,458
Median home value	$199,300	$370,500
Median gross rent	$1,419	$1,176
Housing units	1,896	1,188
Homeownership rate	73.0%	31.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	66.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
Population	—	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)
Median household income	—	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)
Median home value	—	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)
Median gross rent	—	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)

Barbecue

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)

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
Under 5	6.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	18.2%	3.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	59.1%
25 to 34	19.1%	15.0%
35 to 44	19.0%	5.8%
45 to 54	12.8%	3.2%
55 to 64	6.2%	4.9%
65 to 74	5.1%	3.2%
75 and over	2.2%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
White (non-Hispanic)	45.6%	81.7%
Black or African American	26.7%	5.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	4.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.5%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.0%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	22.7%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
No high school diploma	8.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	31.1%	19.3%
Some college or associate's	39.2%	5.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	38.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
Drove alone	91.6%	65.1%
Carpooled	2.5%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.6%	17.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.4%	5.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
1-unit, detached	87.8%	30.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	14.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.8%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	10.2%

Poverty & households

	Barbecue	Buies Creek
Poverty rate	6.9%	45.5%
Average household size	3.25	2.26
Mean commute (minutes)	36	25
Median year structure built	2004	2002