Buxton vs Mayville

A side-by-side comparison of Buxton and Mayville: population, income, housing, and more.

Buxton and Mayville are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mayville has the higher population (2,050 vs 356 in Buxton). Buxton has the higher median household income ($93,750 vs $64,044 in Mayville). Mayville has the higher median home value ($196,200 vs $173,500 in Buxton).

Population, income & housing

	Buxton	Mayville
Population	356	2,050
Median age	34.1 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$93,750	$64,044
Median home value	$173,500	$196,200
Median gross rent	$688	$828
Housing units	141	855
Homeownership rate	85.6%	44.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	27.0%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buxton	Mayville
Population	416 → 356 (-14.4%)	1,808 → 2,050 (+13.4%)
Median household income	$91,974 → $93,750 (+1.9%)	$50,250 → $64,044 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$138,200 → $173,500 (+25.5%)	$128,700 → $196,200 (+52.4%)
Median gross rent	$875 → $688 (-21.4%)	$646 → $828 (+28.2%)

Buxton

Population

416356

Median household income

$91,974$93,750

Median home value

$138,200$173,500

Median gross rent

$875$688

Mayville

Population

1,8082,050

Median household income

$50,250$64,044

Median home value

$128,700$196,200

Median gross rent

$646$828

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buxton	Mayville
Under 5	13.8%	3.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	16.4%
18 to 24	1.4%	25.6%
25 to 34	18.0%	13.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	10.0%
45 to 54	5.3%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	6.0%
65 to 74	15.2%	5.6%
75 and over	6.2%	9.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buxton	Mayville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.5%	84.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.7%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.4%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	8.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buxton	Mayville
No high school diploma	6.1%	12.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	28.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buxton	Mayville
Drove alone	82.6%	76.6%
Carpooled	9.6%	10.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	6.2%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	6.1%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buxton	Mayville
1-unit, detached	79.4%	53.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	11.3%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	19.2%
20 or more units	5.7%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	1.6%

Poverty & households

	Buxton	Mayville
Poverty rate	5.4%	15.5%
Average household size	2.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	24	16
Median year structure built	1972	1968