Brunswick vs Fair Bluff

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

Brunswick and Fair Bluff 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 513 in Fair Bluff). Fair Bluff has the higher median household income ($29,063 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Brunswick has the higher median home value ($83,900 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
Population	981	513
Median age	38.8 yrs	51.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$29,063
Median home value	$83,900	$48,900
Median gross rent	$773	$807
Housing units	160	418
Homeownership rate	45.0%	74.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	10.0%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	545 → 513 (-5.9%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Fair Bluff

Population

545513

Median household income

$20,078$29,063

Median home value

$60,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$265$807

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
Under 5	1.8%	7.4%
5 to 17	6.5%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	3.7%
25 to 34	25.6%	10.1%
35 to 44	22.4%	6.0%
45 to 54	19.0%	17.9%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.8%
65 to 74	3.1%	12.1%
75 and over	4.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	22.8%
Black or African American	66.0%	61.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
No high school diploma	20.7%	17.2%
High school graduate	45.9%	41.7%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
Drove alone	83.5%	90.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
1-unit, detached	62.5%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	10.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	30.9%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Fair Bluff
Poverty rate	57.7%	31.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1983