Brunswick vs Chadbourn

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

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

Chadbourn has the higher population (1,347 vs 981 in Brunswick). Brunswick has the higher median household income ($28,542 vs $19,853 in Chadbourn). Chadbourn has the higher median home value ($100,300 vs $83,900 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
Population	981	1,347
Median age	38.8 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$19,853
Median home value	$83,900	$100,300
Median gross rent	$773	$578
Housing units	160	807
Homeownership rate	45.0%	49.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	2,005 → 1,347 (-32.8%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$23,042 → $19,853 (-13.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$71,200 → $100,300 (+40.9%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$463 → $578 (+24.8%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Chadbourn

Population

2,0051,347

Median household income

$23,042$19,853

Median home value

$71,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$463$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
Under 5	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.0%
25 to 34	25.6%	13.3%
35 to 44	22.4%	6.1%
45 to 54	19.0%	15.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	21.0%
65 to 74	3.1%	9.8%
75 and over	4.1%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	28.0%
Black or African American	66.0%	55.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	11.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
No high school diploma	20.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	45.9%	59.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	1.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
Drove alone	83.5%	86.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	6.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
1-unit, detached	62.5%	68.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.1%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	16.7%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Chadbourn
Poverty rate	57.7%	50.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1975	1974