Alamance vs Swepsonville

A side-by-side comparison of Alamance and Swepsonville: population, income, housing, and more.

Alamance and Swepsonville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Swepsonville has the higher population (2,452 vs 1,358 in Alamance). Swepsonville has the higher median household income ($94,028 vs $88,438 in Alamance). Alamance has the higher median home value ($404,700 vs $282,500 in Swepsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Alamance	Swepsonville
Population	1,358	2,452
Median age	40.6 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$88,438	$94,028
Median home value	$404,700	$282,500
Median gross rent	$1,163	$988
Housing units	455	926
Homeownership rate	85.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.2%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Alamance	Swepsonville
Population	1,127 → 1,358 (+20.5%)	1,939 → 2,452 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$77,000 → $88,438 (+14.9%)	$64,559 → $94,028 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$314,700 → $404,700 (+28.6%)	$195,000 → $282,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,163 (+29.2%)	$810 → $988 (+22.0%)

Alamance

Population

1,1271,358

Median household income

$77,000$88,438

Median home value

$314,700$404,700

Median gross rent

$900$1,163

Swepsonville

Population

1,9392,452

Median household income

$64,559$94,028

Median home value

$195,000$282,500

Median gross rent

$810$988

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Alamance	Swepsonville
Under 5	0.7%	7.3%
5 to 17	29.2%	15.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	6.9%
25 to 34	6.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.3%	17.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	9.1%
65 to 74	11.0%	11.7%
75 and over	4.1%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Alamance	Swepsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	80.8%	69.3%
Black or African American	2.7%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.7%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Alamance	Swepsonville
No high school diploma	3.3%	6.8%
High school graduate	28.6%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.5%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Alamance	Swepsonville
Drove alone	70.8%	77.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	12.0%
Other means	0.6%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Alamance	Swepsonville
1-unit, detached	97.6%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Alamance	Swepsonville
Poverty rate	8.3%	5.1%
Average household size	2.98	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	24	27
Median year structure built	2002	2004