Brunswick vs Tabor City

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

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

Tabor City has the higher population (3,695 vs 981 in Brunswick). Tabor City has the higher median household income ($37,014 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Tabor City has the higher median home value ($109,600 vs $83,900 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Tabor City
Population	981	3,695
Median age	38.8 yrs	43.2 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$37,014
Median home value	$83,900	$109,600
Median gross rent	$773	$722
Housing units	160	1,214
Homeownership rate	45.0%	63.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	10.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Tabor City
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	4,061 → 3,695 (-9.0%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$28,276 → $37,014 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$96,800 → $109,600 (+13.2%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$637 → $722 (+13.3%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Tabor City

Population

4,0613,695

Median household income

$28,276$37,014

Median home value

$96,800$109,600

Median gross rent

$637$722

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Tabor City
Under 5	1.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	6.5%	9.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	25.6%	19.0%
35 to 44	22.4%	11.7%
45 to 54	19.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	10.1%	9.2%
65 to 74	3.1%	13.5%
75 and over	4.1%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Tabor City
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	49.3%
Black or African American	66.0%	37.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	1.5%
Asian	0.0%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	6.9%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Tabor City
No high school diploma	20.7%	24.7%
High school graduate	45.9%	38.1%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	24.6%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	7.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Tabor City
Drove alone	83.5%	85.2%
Carpooled	4.7%	4.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	10.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Tabor City
1-unit, detached	62.5%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	12.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Tabor City
Poverty rate	57.7%	40.5%
Average household size	2.54	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	18	32
Median year structure built	1975	1966