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Swansboro township, Onslow County, NC

22,815 Population
41.7 square miles 547.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.5 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 27.1 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$35,505 ±$3,716 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Onslow County: $30,998 ±$862
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$67,669 ±$8,474 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in Onslow County: $64,568 ±$1,873
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.6% ±3.9% (2,866  ±908) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Onslow County: 11.7% 21,794 (±1.1% / ±2,120)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

24.4 minutes ±0.9 (229,820  ±26,873) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 21.6 2,073,995 (±0.6 / ±68,957)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

9,256 ±760 Number of households
  • Onslow County: 72,516 ±972
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
2.5 ±0.3 (22,767  ±1,288) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Onslow County: 2.6 186,381 (±0 / ±238)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

5.3% ±2.2% (302  ±126) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Onslow County: 9.1% † 4,281 (±1.4% / ±669)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

10,458 ±763 Number of housing units
  • Onslow County: 85,917 ±177
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$221,800 ±$13,371 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Onslow County: $219,500 ±$4,806
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

22.9% ±5.8% (5,169  ±1,338.1) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 22.8% 46,522 (±1.6% / ±3,335.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

90.6% ±5.2% (13,084  ±1,074.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Onslow County: 93.2% 105,408 (±2.7% / ±3,020.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
25.6% ±3.4% (3,700  ±533.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 26.1% 29,462 (±1.4% / ±1,584)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.1% ±1.1% (712  ±252) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 4% 8,276
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

20.5% ±3% (3,027  ±482) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Onslow County: 21.8% 25,681 (±1.2% / ±1,420)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
3,027 Total veterans ±482 2,278 Male ±431 749 Female ±240

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