Buies Creek vs Coats

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

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

Buies Creek has the higher population (3,613 vs 2,029 in Coats). Buies Creek has the higher median household income ($52,458 vs $38,098 in Coats). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $116,800 in Coats).

Population, income & housing

	Buies Creek	Coats
Population	3,613	2,029
Median age	22.2 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,458	$38,098
Median home value	$370,500	$116,800
Median gross rent	$1,176	$873
Housing units	1,188	1,108
Homeownership rate	31.0%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buies Creek	Coats
Population	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)	2,418 → 2,029 (-16.1%)
Median household income	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)	$35,352 → $38,098 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)	$97,600 → $116,800 (+19.7%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)	$776 → $873 (+12.5%)

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

Coats

Population

2,4182,029

Median household income

$35,352$38,098

Median home value

$97,600$116,800

Median gross rent

$776$873

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buies Creek	Coats
Under 5	1.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	3.5%	11.5%
18 to 24	59.1%	8.0%
25 to 34	15.0%	16.4%
35 to 44	5.8%	11.7%
45 to 54	3.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	4.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	3.2%	14.2%
75 and over	3.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buies Creek	Coats
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	62.6%
Black or African American	5.9%	19.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	1.5%
Asian	4.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	7.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buies Creek	Coats
No high school diploma	9.5%	27.4%
High school graduate	19.3%	27.2%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	12.3%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buies Creek	Coats
Drove alone	65.1%	73.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	22.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	4.5%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buies Creek	Coats
1-unit, detached	30.8%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	8.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Buies Creek	Coats
Poverty rate	45.5%	24.1%
Average household size	2.26	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	30
Median year structure built	2002	1977