Ocracoke vs Swan Quarter

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

Ocracoke 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.

Ocracoke has the higher population (709 vs 353 in Swan Quarter). Ocracoke has the higher median home value ($472,200 vs $109,800 in Swan Quarter). Since 2019, Ocracoke's population has grown faster (+0.4% vs -11.3%).

Population, income & housing

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
Population	709	353
Median age	46.8 yrs	40.4 yrs
Median household income	—	$67,591
Median home value	$472,200	$109,800
Median gross rent	$1,412	—
Housing units	720	243
Homeownership rate	67.2%	94.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.3%	18.5%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
Population	706 → 709 (+0.4%)	398 → 353 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$61,591 → $65,672 (+6.6%)	$58,250 → $67,591 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$444,300 → $472,200 (+6.3%)	$60,800 → $109,800 (+80.6%)
Median gross rent	$725 → $1,412 (+94.8%)	—

Ocracoke

Population

706709

Median household income

$61,591$65,672

Median home value

$444,300$472,200

Median gross rent

$725$1,412

Swan Quarter

Population

398353

Median household income

$58,250$67,591

Median home value

$60,800$109,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
Under 5	10.9%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.9%	29.5%
18 to 24	1.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	3.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	13.7%	9.9%
45 to 54	16.1%	1.4%
55 to 64	17.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	13.3%	31.2%
75 and over	5.5%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
White (non-Hispanic)	83.8%	66.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	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	15.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
No high school diploma	7.9%	3.2%
High school graduate	26.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	18.9%	48.2%
Bachelor's degree	33.1%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.2%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
Drove alone	85.2%	95.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	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)

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
1-unit, detached	86.4%	80.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	19.8%
5 to 19 units	6.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ocracoke	Swan Quarter
Poverty rate	16.8%	20.4%
Average household size	1.81	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	20	10
Median year structure built	1980	1963