Buna vs Sam Rayburn

A side-by-side comparison of Buna and Sam Rayburn: population, income, housing, and more.

Buna and Sam Rayburn are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Buna has the higher population (2,030 vs 1,163 in Sam Rayburn). Sam Rayburn has the higher median household income ($80,500 vs $66,339 in Buna). Sam Rayburn has the higher median home value ($232,000 vs $111,700 in Buna).

Population, income & housing

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
Population	2,030	1,163
Median age	36.8 yrs	53.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,339	$80,500
Median home value	$111,700	$232,000
Median gross rent	$931	$876
Housing units	952	824
Homeownership rate	81.2%	82.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	11.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
Population	1,737 → 2,030 (+16.9%)	950 → 1,163 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$35,303 → $66,339 (+87.9%)	$75,130 → $80,500 (+7.1%)
Median home value	$79,700 → $111,700 (+40.2%)	$209,300 → $232,000 (+10.8%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $931 (+35.9%)	$1,179 → $876 (-25.7%)

Buna

Population

1,7372,030

Median household income

$35,303$66,339

Median home value

$79,700$111,700

Median gross rent

$685$931

Sam Rayburn

Population

9501,163

Median household income

$75,130$80,500

Median home value

$209,300$232,000

Median gross rent

$1,179$876

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
Under 5	0.9%	7.3%
5 to 17	21.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.9%
25 to 34	16.4%	6.6%
35 to 44	11.7%	6.2%
45 to 54	8.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	4.8%	17.4%
65 to 74	6.7%	16.3%
75 and over	19.8%	15.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
White (non-Hispanic)	86.1%	90.6%
Black or African American	3.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	1.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
No high school diploma	18.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	38.9%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	8.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
Drove alone	87.0%	72.9%
Carpooled	10.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.6%	6.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
1-unit, detached	55.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	3.9%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	11.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	34.9%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Buna	Sam Rayburn
Poverty rate	13.7%	4.2%
Average household size	2.40	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1995	1988