Brunswick vs Sandyfield

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

Brunswick and Sandyfield 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 683 in Sandyfield). Sandyfield has the higher median household income ($32,750 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Brunswick has the higher median home value ($83,900 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
Population	981	683
Median age	38.8 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$32,750
Median home value	$83,900	$83,500
Median gross rent	$773	$864
Housing units	160	265
Homeownership rate	45.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	429 → 683 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
Under 5	1.8%	2.6%
5 to 17	6.5%	8.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	25.6%	15.1%
35 to 44	22.4%	21.4%
45 to 54	19.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.5%
65 to 74	3.1%	7.2%
75 and over	4.1%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	14.9%
Black or African American	66.0%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	2.2%
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%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
No high school diploma	20.7%	23.7%
High school graduate	45.9%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
Drove alone	83.5%	89.0%
Carpooled	4.7%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
1-unit, detached	62.5%	36.6%
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%	63.4%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Sandyfield
Poverty rate	57.7%	35.3%
Average household size	2.54	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	35
Median year structure built	1975	1999