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Buxton, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Buxton is a Census CDP of 1,267 people across 7.84 square miles of land, in Dare County. 74.1 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $4.3 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Buxton
What Buxton is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area7.84 sq mi
- Water area0.95 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land162 plus or minus 75
- County holding the largest share of its areaDare County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buxton
How many people live in Buxton
- Population1,267 plus or minus 589
- Median age46.2 plus or minus 11.7
- Population under 18173 plus or minus 130
- Share under 1813.7 percent plus or minus 8.0
- Population 65 and over255 plus or minus 123
- Share 65 and over20.1 percent
- Households560 plus or minus 212
- Family households394 plus or minus 177
- Share of households that are families70.4 percent plus or minus 17.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buxton
Income and work in Buxton
- Per capita income$40,618 plus or minus $8,975
- Civilian labor force752 plus or minus 348
- Employed731 plus or minus 337
- Unemployed21 plus or minus 34
- Unemployment rate2.8 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Adults 25 and over887 plus or minus 345
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.7 percent plus or minus 49.2
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher25.5 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree5.4 percent plus or minus 6.0
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buxton
Housing in Buxton
- Housing units972 plus or minus 287
- Occupied units560 plus or minus 212
- Vacant units412 plus or minus 237
- Vacancy rate42.4 percent plus or minus 20.9
- Owner occupied415 plus or minus 178
- Renter occupied145 plus or minus 102
- Ownership rate74.1 percent plus or minus 14.9
- Median owner-occupied home value$409,900 plus or minus $98,358
- Median gross rent, monthly$909 plus or minus $659
- Single family units737 plus or minus 250
- Share single family75.8 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more80 plus or minus 75
- Share in buildings of two or more8.2 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Mobile homes155 plus or minus 116
- Median year structure built1995
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Buxton gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute613 plus or minus 299
- Commuting under 15 minutes313 plus or minus 162
- Share commuting under 15 minutes51.1 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more56 plus or minus 74
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more9.1 percent plus or minus 11.2
- Drove alone60.6 percent plus or minus 39.5
- Carpooled9.6 percent plus or minus 11.5
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked11.1 percent plus or minus 10.3
- Worked from home16.1 percent plus or minus 12.9
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Buxton
SBA loans in Buxton (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$4,320,000
- Average approval$4,320,000
- Median approval$4,320,000
- Largest approval$4,320,000
- Jobs supported8
- Jobs per approval8.0
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Paid in full0
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more100.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buxton, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Dare County, not Buxton
Dare County context, not Buxton figures
- Establishments in Dare County2,079
- Covered employment, Dare County20,359
- Average annual pay, Dare County$46,480
- Housing units permitted, Dare County371
Every figure in this section is published for Dare County as a whole and is not a measurement of Buxton.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Buxton questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Buxton, North Carolina?
1,267, in 560 households. Buxton CDP covers 7.84 square miles of land, which is 162 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Buxton in?
Dare County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
How much SBA lending goes to Buxton businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $4.3 m since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $4,320,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Buxton, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Buxton borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Buxton. Only 0 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Buxton figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Dare County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Buxton.
Is zoning published for Buxton?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.