Fairfield vs Swan Quarter

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

Fairfield 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 276 in Fairfield). Swan Quarter has the higher median household income ($67,591 vs $39,659 in Fairfield). Fairfield has the higher median home value ($154,500 vs $109,800 in Swan Quarter).

Population, income & housing

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
Population	276	353
Median age	18.9 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	$39,659	$67,591
Median home value	$154,500	$109,800
Housing units	121	243
Homeownership rate	89.7%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.7%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
Population	265 → 276 (+4.2%)	398 → 353 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$33,250 → $39,659 (+19.3%)	$58,250 → $67,591 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$97,300 → $154,500 (+58.8%)	$60,800 → $109,800 (+80.6%)

Fairfield

Population

265276

Median household income

$33,250$39,659

Median home value

$97,300$154,500

Swan Quarter

Population

398353

Median household income

$58,250$67,591

Median home value

$60,800$109,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
Under 5	1.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	44.6%	29.5%
18 to 24	4.3%	7.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	4.5%
35 to 44	11.2%	9.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	1.4%
55 to 64	14.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	15.9%	31.2%
75 and over	0.0%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
White (non-Hispanic)	47.5%	66.9%
Black or African American	43.5%	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	9.1%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
No high school diploma	26.3%	3.2%
High school graduate	41.6%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	20.4%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
Drove alone	0.0%	95.0%
Carpooled	100.0%	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	0.0%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
1-unit, detached	86.0%	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	14.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fairfield	Swan Quarter
Poverty rate	9.1%	20.4%
Average household size	3.17	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	—	10
Median year structure built	1994	1963