Glen Raven vs Swepsonville

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

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

Glen Raven has the higher population (3,684 vs 2,452 in Swepsonville). Swepsonville has the higher median household income ($94,028 vs $64,189 in Glen Raven). Swepsonville has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $204,000 in Glen Raven).

Population, income & housing

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
Population	3,684	2,452
Median age	32.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,189	$94,028
Median home value	$204,000	$282,500
Median gross rent	$729	$988
Housing units	1,288	926
Homeownership rate	68.1%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
Population	3,495 → 3,684 (+5.4%)	1,939 → 2,452 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$53,526 → $64,189 (+19.9%)	$64,559 → $94,028 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$145,500 → $204,000 (+40.2%)	$195,000 → $282,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$837 → $729 (-12.9%)	$810 → $988 (+22.0%)

Glen Raven

Population

3,4953,684

Median household income

$53,526$64,189

Median home value

$145,500$204,000

Median gross rent

$837$729

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)

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
Under 5	7.1%	7.3%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.1%
18 to 24	13.9%	6.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.8%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.8%	9.1%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.7%
75 and over	2.7%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	57.7%	69.3%
Black or African American	14.5%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	24.5%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
No high school diploma	12.9%	6.8%
High school graduate	31.5%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.7%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
Drove alone	73.4%	77.9%
Carpooled	14.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
1-unit, detached	87.6%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Glen Raven	Swepsonville
Poverty rate	13.5%	5.1%
Average household size	2.95	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1987	2004