Buies Creek vs Erwin

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

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

Erwin has the higher population (4,617 vs 3,613 in Buies Creek). Buies Creek has the higher median household income ($52,458 vs $50,077 in Erwin). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $150,400 in Erwin).

Population, income & housing

	Buies Creek	Erwin
Population	3,613	4,617
Median age	22.2 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,458	$50,077
Median home value	$370,500	$150,400
Median gross rent	$1,176	$1,085
Housing units	1,188	2,030
Homeownership rate	31.0%	71.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	16.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buies Creek	Erwin
Population	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)	5,035 → 4,617 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)	$40,714 → $50,077 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)	$91,000 → $150,400 (+65.3%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)	$824 → $1,085 (+31.7%)

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

Erwin

Population

5,0354,617

Median household income

$40,714$50,077

Median home value

$91,000$150,400

Median gross rent

$824$1,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buies Creek	Erwin
Under 5	1.7%	8.6%
5 to 17	3.5%	10.6%
18 to 24	59.1%	4.7%
25 to 34	15.0%	15.7%
35 to 44	5.8%	9.4%
45 to 54	3.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	4.9%	17.0%
65 to 74	3.2%	10.6%
75 and over	3.6%	11.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buies Creek	Erwin
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	64.0%
Black or African American	5.9%	19.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	4.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	12.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buies Creek	Erwin
No high school diploma	9.5%	11.1%
High school graduate	19.3%	37.6%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	11.1%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	4.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buies Creek	Erwin
Drove alone	65.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	13.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	5.9%	2.4%
Other means	1.8%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buies Creek	Erwin
1-unit, detached	30.8%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.1%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Buies Creek	Erwin
Poverty rate	45.5%	11.5%
Average household size	2.26	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	2002	1959