Royal Pines vs Swannanoa

A side-by-side comparison of Royal Pines and Swannanoa: population, income, housing, and more.

Royal Pines 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 4,528 in Royal Pines). Royal Pines has the higher median household income ($105,956 vs $72,978 in Swannanoa). Royal Pines has the higher median home value ($369,500 vs $270,800 in Swannanoa).

Population, income & housing

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
Population	4,528	6,043
Median age	43.9 yrs	32.9 yrs
Median household income	$105,956	$72,978
Median home value	$369,500	$270,800
Median gross rent	$1,397	$692
Housing units	2,093	2,415
Homeownership rate	87.0%	80.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
Population	4,759 → 4,528 (-4.9%)	4,127 → 6,043 (+46.4%)
Median household income	$83,012 → $105,956 (+27.6%)	$32,268 → $72,978 (+126.2%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $369,500 (+42.0%)	$136,700 → $270,800 (+98.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,117 → $1,397 (+25.1%)	$820 → $692 (-15.6%)

Royal Pines

Population

4,7594,528

Median household income

$83,012$105,956

Median home value

$260,300$369,500

Median gross rent

$1,117$1,397

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)

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
Under 5	8.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	13.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.3%
25 to 34	8.2%	20.3%
35 to 44	17.4%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.9%	6.2%
55 to 64	15.0%	11.5%
65 to 74	12.7%	13.3%
75 and over	7.3%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	82.7%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
No high school diploma	1.8%	11.8%
High school graduate	16.5%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	27.8%	22.7%
Graduate or professional degree	26.6%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
Drove alone	78.2%	83.3%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	4.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	11.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
1-unit, detached	82.4%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.5%	14.6%

Poverty & households

	Royal Pines	Swannanoa
Poverty rate	1.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.44	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	26	17
Median year structure built	1980	1984