Caswell Beach vs Northwest

A side-by-side comparison of Caswell Beach and Northwest: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Northwest has the higher population (690 vs 486 in Caswell Beach). Caswell Beach has the higher median household income ($125,833 vs $53,143 in Northwest). Caswell Beach has the higher median home value ($610,900 vs $183,700 in Northwest).

Population, income & housing

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
Population	486	690
Median age	59.4 yrs	51.9 yrs
Median household income	$125,833	$53,143
Median home value	$610,900	$183,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,006
Housing units	650	376
Homeownership rate	93.2%	87.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	58.0%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
Population	461 → 486 (+5.4%)	856 → 690 (-19.4%)
Median household income	$109,583 → $125,833 (+14.8%)	$35,469 → $53,143 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$409,500 → $610,900 (+49.2%)	$100,700 → $183,700 (+82.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$750 → $1,006 (+34.1%)

Caswell Beach

Population

461486

Median household income

$109,583$125,833

Median home value

$409,500$610,900

Northwest

Population

856690

Median household income

$35,469$53,143

Median home value

$100,700$183,700

Median gross rent

$750$1,006

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
Under 5	0.0%	5.2%
5 to 17	6.2%	9.4%
18 to 24	3.1%	10.6%
25 to 34	1.6%	11.0%
35 to 44	6.2%	8.1%
45 to 54	27.0%	14.8%
55 to 64	13.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	24.7%	15.9%
75 and over	17.5%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
White (non-Hispanic)	97.9%	29.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	65.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
No high school diploma	0.7%	7.0%
High school graduate	7.5%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	45.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.4%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	27.7%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
Drove alone	76.7%	75.3%
Carpooled	1.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	3.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
1-unit, detached	55.8%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	4.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	27.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Caswell Beach	Northwest
Poverty rate	2.3%	17.1%
Average household size	2.19	2.03
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1996	1994