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Swansboro township, Onslow County, NC

23,248 Population
41.7 square miles 558.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.3 ±2 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 27.7 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,947 ±$4,536 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Onslow County: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$73,191 ±$6,479 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Onslow County: $68,148 ±$2,456
  • about the same as the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.1% ±3.5% (3,027  ±823) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Onslow County: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.2 minutes ±1.2 (243,085  ±27,231) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Onslow County: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • a little higher than the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,846 ±783 Number of households
  • Onslow County: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.2 (23,200  ±1,507) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Onslow County: 2.5 186,319 (±0 / ±175)
  • a little less than the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.8% ±2.2% (330  ±131) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Onslow County: 9.3% † 4,406 (±1.4% / ±659)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,856 ±726 Number of housing units
  • Onslow County: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$243,200 ±$14,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Onslow County: $236,400 ±$5,122
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

21.3% ±4.6% (4,874  ±1,090.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.1% ±3.4% (13,706  ±1,123.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Onslow County: 93.3% 106,628 (±2.4% / ±2,794)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.7% ±3.6% (3,917  ±615.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Onslow County: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

3.2% ±1.1% (732  ±255) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Onslow County: 4.2% 8,824
  • about one-third of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

19.3% ±2.6% (3,011  ±461) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Onslow County: 21.4% 25,185 (±1.3% / ±1,488)
  • more than double the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
3,011 Total veterans ±461 2,343 Male ±400 668 Female ±214

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