Engelhard vs Swan Quarter

A side-by-side comparison of Engelhard and Swan Quarter: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Swan Quarter has the higher population (353 vs 230 in Engelhard). Swan Quarter has the higher median household income ($67,591 vs $52,775 in Engelhard). Engelhard has the higher median home value ($112,000 vs $109,800 in Swan Quarter).

Population, income & housing

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
Population	230	353
Median age	63.5 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,775	$67,591
Median home value	$112,000	$109,800
Median gross rent	$804	—
Housing units	140	243
Homeownership rate	66.1%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
Population	413 → 230 (-44.3%)	398 → 353 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$16,887 → $52,775 (+212.5%)	$58,250 → $67,591 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$113,300 → $112,000 (-1.1%)	$60,800 → $109,800 (+80.6%)
Median gross rent	$783 → $804 (+2.7%)	—

Engelhard

Population

413230

Median household income

$16,887$52,775

Median home value

$113,300$112,000

Median gross rent

$783$804

Swan Quarter

Population

398353

Median household income

$58,250$67,591

Median home value

$60,800$109,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	29.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.6%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.2%	1.4%
55 to 64	59.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	31.2%
75 and over	5.7%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	66.9%
Black or African American	11.7%	32.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	13.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
No high school diploma	22.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	52.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	3.5%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
Drove alone	65.9%	95.0%
Carpooled	22.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	11.6%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
1-unit, detached	78.6%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	21.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Engelhard	Swan Quarter
Poverty rate	35.2%	20.4%
Average household size	1.90	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	36	10
Median year structure built	1938	1963