Buies Creek vs Lillington

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

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

Lillington has the higher population (4,683 vs 3,613 in Buies Creek). Lillington has the higher median household income ($63,393 vs $52,458 in Buies Creek). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $219,600 in Lillington).

Population, income & housing

	Buies Creek	Lillington
Population	3,613	4,683
Median age	22.2 yrs	36.1 yrs
Median household income	$52,458	$63,393
Median home value	$370,500	$219,600
Median gross rent	$1,176	$934
Housing units	1,188	1,462
Homeownership rate	31.0%	57.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buies Creek	Lillington
Population	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)	3,571 → 4,683 (+31.1%)
Median household income	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)	$40,000 → $63,393 (+58.5%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)	$159,400 → $219,600 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)	$683 → $934 (+36.7%)

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

Lillington

Population

3,5714,683

Median household income

$40,000$63,393

Median home value

$159,400$219,600

Median gross rent

$683$934

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buies Creek	Lillington
Under 5	1.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	3.5%	14.6%
18 to 24	59.1%	8.8%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	5.8%	15.9%
45 to 54	3.2%	10.4%
55 to 64	4.9%	10.0%
65 to 74	3.2%	8.9%
75 and over	3.6%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buies Creek	Lillington
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	46.7%
Black or African American	5.9%	29.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.8%
Asian	4.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	5.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	16.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buies Creek	Lillington
No high school diploma	9.5%	17.4%
High school graduate	19.3%	31.4%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	30.3%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	13.7%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buies Creek	Lillington
Drove alone	65.1%	80.5%
Carpooled	10.0%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	6.1%
Other means	1.8%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buies Creek	Lillington
1-unit, detached	30.8%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	14.5%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	10.7%
20 or more units	3.8%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buies Creek	Lillington
Poverty rate	45.5%	6.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.65
Mean commute (minutes)	25	28
Median year structure built	2002	2001