Bolton vs Brunswick

A side-by-side comparison of Bolton and Brunswick: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Brunswick has the higher population (981 vs 469 in Bolton). Bolton has the higher median household income ($46,250 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Bolton has the higher median home value ($125,000 vs $83,900 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Bolton	Brunswick
Population	469	981
Median age	38.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$46,250	$28,542
Median home value	$125,000	$83,900
Median gross rent	—	$773
Housing units	193	160
Homeownership rate	84.7%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.2%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	27.5%	34.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bolton	Brunswick
Population	648 → 469 (-27.6%)	983 → 981 (-0.2%)
Median household income	$33,472 → $46,250 (+38.2%)	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)
Median home value	$87,800 → $125,000 (+42.4%)	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)
Median gross rent	$884 → $850 (-3.8%)	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)

Bolton

Population

648469

Median household income

$33,472$46,250

Median home value

$87,800$125,000

Median gross rent

$884$850

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bolton	Brunswick
Under 5	3.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	17.1%	6.5%
18 to 24	21.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	6.8%	25.6%
35 to 44	6.6%	22.4%
45 to 54	11.9%	19.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	10.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	3.1%
75 and over	7.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bolton	Brunswick
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	22.4%
Black or African American	43.7%	66.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.8%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	23.7%	6.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bolton	Brunswick
No high school diploma	18.6%	20.7%
High school graduate	37.6%	45.9%
Some college or associate's	41.6%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	1.1%	2.7%
Graduate or professional degree	1.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bolton	Brunswick
Drove alone	55.1%	83.5%
Carpooled	39.8%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bolton	Brunswick
1-unit, detached	80.3%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	17.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.7%	20.0%

Poverty & households

	Bolton	Brunswick
Poverty rate	23.7%	57.7%
Average household size	2.88	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1973	1975