Brunswick vs Riegelwood

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

Brunswick and Riegelwood 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 539 in Riegelwood). Riegelwood has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $83,900 in Brunswick). Since 2019, Brunswick's population has grown faster (-0.2% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
Population	981	539
Median age	38.8 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	—
Median home value	$83,900	$181,800
Median gross rent	$773	$995
Housing units	160	295
Homeownership rate	45.0%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	840 → 539 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Riegelwood

Population

840539

Median household income

$35,451$42,452

Median home value

$210,500$181,800

Median gross rent

$845$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
Under 5	1.8%	9.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	2.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	25.6%	12.8%
35 to 44	22.4%	2.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.2%
55 to 64	10.1%	29.5%
65 to 74	3.1%	18.2%
75 and over	4.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	70.5%
Black or African American	66.0%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.9%
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%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
No high school diploma	20.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	45.9%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
Drove alone	83.5%	83.7%
Carpooled	4.7%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
1-unit, detached	62.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Riegelwood
Poverty rate	57.7%	9.8%
Average household size	2.54	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1975	1958