Half Moon vs Swansboro

A side-by-side comparison of Half Moon and Swansboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Half Moon has the higher population (7,780 vs 3,887 in Swansboro). Swansboro has the higher median household income ($112,382 vs $61,848 in Half Moon). Swansboro has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $170,900 in Half Moon).

Population, income & housing

	Half Moon	Swansboro
Population	7,780	3,887
Median age	26.7 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,848	$112,382
Median home value	$170,900	$356,900
Median gross rent	$951	$1,380
Housing units	3,241	1,783
Homeownership rate	77.9%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Half Moon	Swansboro
Population	8,243 → 7,780 (-5.6%)	3,217 → 3,887 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$53,361 → $61,848 (+15.9%)	$48,922 → $112,382 (+129.7%)
Median home value	$150,000 → $170,900 (+13.9%)	$202,000 → $356,900 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$908 → $951 (+4.7%)	$1,108 → $1,380 (+24.5%)

Half Moon

Population

8,2437,780

Median household income

$53,361$61,848

Median home value

$150,000$170,900

Median gross rent

$908$951

Swansboro

Population

3,2173,887

Median household income

$48,922$112,382

Median home value

$202,000$356,900

Median gross rent

$1,108$1,380

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Half Moon	Swansboro
Under 5	11.8%	8.4%
5 to 17	17.4%	16.3%
18 to 24	18.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	12.6%	10.4%
35 to 44	9.6%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	5.2%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.4%	16.6%
75 and over	5.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Half Moon	Swansboro
White (non-Hispanic)	54.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	18.1%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	14.7%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Half Moon	Swansboro
No high school diploma	4.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	40.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Half Moon	Swansboro
Drove alone	75.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	14.8%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	18.3%
Other means	2.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Half Moon	Swansboro
1-unit, detached	77.3%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.7%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Half Moon	Swansboro
Poverty rate	12.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.75	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1988	2002