Buies Creek vs Mamers

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

Buies Creek and Mamers 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 636 in Mamers). Buies Creek has the higher median household income ($52,458 vs $36,467 in Mamers). Buies Creek has the higher median home value ($370,500 vs $139,400 in Mamers).

Population, income & housing

	Buies Creek	Mamers
Population	3,613	636
Median age	22.2 yrs	59.8 yrs
Median household income	$52,458	$36,467
Median home value	$370,500	$139,400
Median gross rent	$1,176	$741
Housing units	1,188	308
Homeownership rate	31.0%	81.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.0%	18.9%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buies Creek	Mamers
Population	2,585 → 3,613 (+39.8%)	763 → 636 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$35,109 → $52,458 (+49.4%)	$64,646 → $36,467 (-43.6%)
Median home value	$162,000 → $370,500 (+128.7%)	$156,700 → $139,400 (-11.0%)
Median gross rent	$833 → $1,176 (+41.2%)	$642 → $741 (+15.4%)

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

Mamers

Population

763636

Median household income

$64,646$36,467

Median home value

$156,700$139,400

Median gross rent

$642$741

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buies Creek	Mamers
Under 5	1.7%	3.5%
5 to 17	3.5%	8.5%
18 to 24	59.1%	2.5%
25 to 34	15.0%	19.8%
35 to 44	5.8%	2.4%
45 to 54	3.2%	5.2%
55 to 64	4.9%	15.4%
65 to 74	3.2%	30.5%
75 and over	3.6%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buies Creek	Mamers
White (non-Hispanic)	81.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	5.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buies Creek	Mamers
No high school diploma	9.5%	2.8%
High school graduate	19.3%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	5.3%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	27.1%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buies Creek	Mamers
Drove alone	65.1%	74.3%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	17.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	25.7%
Other means	1.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buies Creek	Mamers
1-unit, detached	30.8%	78.9%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	21.1%

Poverty & households

	Buies Creek	Mamers
Poverty rate	45.5%	3.3%
Average household size	2.26	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	25	—
Median year structure built	2002	1986