Haw River vs Swepsonville

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

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

Haw River has the higher population (2,581 vs 2,452 in Swepsonville). Swepsonville has the higher median household income ($94,028 vs $67,366 in Haw River). Swepsonville has the higher median home value ($282,500 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Haw River	Swepsonville
Population	2,581	2,452
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,366	$94,028
Median home value	$142,200	$282,500
Median gross rent	$870	$988
Housing units	1,115	926
Homeownership rate	74.7%	90.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haw River	Swepsonville
Population	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)	1,939 → 2,452 (+26.5%)
Median household income	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)	$64,559 → $94,028 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)	$195,000 → $282,500 (+44.9%)
Median gross rent	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)	$810 → $988 (+22.0%)

Haw River

Population

2,4582,581

Median household income

$40,560$67,366

Median home value

$99,000$142,200

Median gross rent

$648$870

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)

	Haw River	Swepsonville
Under 5	7.5%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.1%
18 to 24	14.7%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.2%	17.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	9.1%
65 to 74	8.2%	11.7%
75 and over	4.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haw River	Swepsonville
White (non-Hispanic)	69.0%	69.3%
Black or African American	8.3%	15.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	4.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.1%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haw River	Swepsonville
No high school diploma	7.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	35.2%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haw River	Swepsonville
Drove alone	86.9%	77.9%
Carpooled	8.4%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	12.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haw River	Swepsonville
1-unit, detached	69.1%	79.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	7.4%	0.2%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.5%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Haw River	Swepsonville
Poverty rate	17.0%	5.1%
Average household size	2.62	2.74
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1975	2004