Brunswick vs Whiteville

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

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

Whiteville has the higher population (4,721 vs 981 in Brunswick). Whiteville has the higher median household income ($38,004 vs $28,542 in Brunswick). Whiteville has the higher median home value ($173,100 vs $83,900 in Brunswick).

Population, income & housing

	Brunswick	Whiteville
Population	981	4,721
Median age	38.8 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$28,542	$38,004
Median home value	$83,900	$173,100
Median gross rent	$773	$718
Housing units	160	2,111
Homeownership rate	45.0%	46.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.8%	23.7%
Unemployment rate	34.6%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brunswick	Whiteville
Population	983 → 981 (-0.2%)	5,386 → 4,721 (-12.3%)
Median household income	$18,056 → $28,542 (+58.1%)	$30,729 → $38,004 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$110,800 → $83,900 (-24.3%)	$105,300 → $173,100 (+64.4%)
Median gross rent	$716 → $773 (+8.0%)	$623 → $718 (+15.2%)

Brunswick

Population

983981

Median household income

$18,056$28,542

Median home value

$110,800$83,900

Median gross rent

$716$773

Whiteville

Population

5,3864,721

Median household income

$30,729$38,004

Median home value

$105,300$173,100

Median gross rent

$623$718

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brunswick	Whiteville
Under 5	1.8%	8.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	14.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.1%
25 to 34	25.6%	16.1%
35 to 44	22.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	19.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.1%
65 to 74	3.1%	12.6%
75 and over	4.1%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brunswick	Whiteville
White (non-Hispanic)	22.4%	41.2%
Black or African American	66.0%	49.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.8%	0.3%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.3%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	7.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	1.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brunswick	Whiteville
No high school diploma	20.7%	7.4%
High school graduate	45.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	35.7%
Bachelor's degree	2.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	2.2%	11.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brunswick	Whiteville
Drove alone	83.5%	83.6%
Carpooled	4.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	8.2%	1.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brunswick	Whiteville
1-unit, detached	62.5%	52.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	14.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.5%
Mobile home & other	20.0%	9.3%

Poverty & households

	Brunswick	Whiteville
Poverty rate	57.7%	16.2%
Average household size	2.54	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1975	1972