Avery Creek vs Swannanoa

A side-by-side comparison of Avery Creek and Swannanoa: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swannanoa has the higher population (6,043 vs 2,998 in Avery Creek). Avery Creek has the higher median household income ($107,684 vs $72,978 in Swannanoa). Avery Creek has the higher median home value ($326,200 vs $270,800 in Swannanoa).

Population, income & housing

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
Population	2,998	6,043
Median age	37.2 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$107,684	$72,978
Median home value	$326,200	$270,800
Median gross rent	—	$692
Housing units	882	2,415
Homeownership rate	91.5%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.2%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
Population	2,675 → 2,998 (+12.1%)	4,127 → 6,043 (+46.4%)
Median household income	$79,729 → $107,684 (+35.1%)	$32,268 → $72,978 (+126.2%)
Median home value	$242,300 → $326,200 (+34.6%)	$136,700 → $270,800 (+98.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,227 → $1,845 (+50.4%)	$820 → $692 (-15.6%)

Avery Creek

Population

2,6752,998

Median household income

$79,729$107,684

Median home value

$242,300$326,200

Median gross rent

$1,227$1,845

Swannanoa

Population

4,1276,043

Median household income

$32,268$72,978

Median home value

$136,700$270,800

Median gross rent

$820$692

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
Under 5	5.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	18.8%	14.9%
18 to 24	15.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	9.4%	20.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.8%	6.2%
55 to 64	8.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	13.3%
75 and over	4.5%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	82.7%
Black or African American	18.1%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.4%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
No high school diploma	0.9%	11.8%
High school graduate	27.0%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.9%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
Drove alone	53.6%	83.3%
Carpooled	7.7%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.1%	11.3%
Other means	17.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
1-unit, detached	95.0%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Avery Creek	Swannanoa
Poverty rate	0.0%	15.1%
Average household size	4.10	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	19	17
Median year structure built	1996	1984