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Swansboro, NC

3,997 Population
2.2 square miles 1,788.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.7 ±6.9 Median age
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 27.7 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$60,347 ±$20,795 Per capita income
  • nearly double the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $33,305 ±$1,036
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$114,425 ±$16,335 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $68,148 ±$2,456
  • about 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14.1% ±10.1% (563  ±404) Persons below poverty line
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 11.6% 21,551 (±1.1% / ±2,015)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

22.9 minutes ±3.8 (38,325  ±9,733) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 22.4 2,083,685 (±0.8 / ±84,000)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

1,667 ±182 Number of households
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 75,265 ±796
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.3 (3,984  ±18) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 2.5 186,319 (±0 / ±175)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

1,850 ±208 Number of housing units
  • the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 87,354 ±88
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$378,700 ±$67,930 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: $236,400 ±$5,122
  • about 1.3 times the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

23% ±12.7% (918  ±507.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 21.3% 43,496 (±1.5% / ±2,957.7)
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.7% ±15% (2,715  ±521.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 93.3% 106,628 (±2.4% / ±2,794)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
39.8% ±12.1% (1,153  ±371.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 26% 29,721 (±1.2% / ±1,400.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than 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

3.6% ±4.1% (143  ±165) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 4.2% 8,824
  • about two-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

16.2% ±9% (463  ±261) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Jacksonville, NC Metro Area: 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)
463 Total veterans ±261 337 Male ±233 126 Female ±114

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