Jacksonville vs Swansboro

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

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

Jacksonville has the higher population (73,507 vs 3,887 in Swansboro). Swansboro has the higher median household income ($112,382 vs $54,069 in Jacksonville). Swansboro has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $191,700 in Jacksonville).

Population, income & housing

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
Population	73,507	3,887
Median age	23.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$54,069	$112,382
Median home value	$191,700	$356,900
Median gross rent	$1,268	$1,380
Housing units	25,768	1,783
Homeownership rate	37.0%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
Population	73,025 → 73,507 (+0.7%)	3,217 → 3,887 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$44,956 → $54,069 (+20.3%)	$48,922 → $112,382 (+129.7%)
Median home value	$154,900 → $191,700 (+23.8%)	$202,000 → $356,900 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,268 (+27.8%)	$1,108 → $1,380 (+24.5%)

Jacksonville

Population

73,02573,507

Median household income

$44,956$54,069

Median home value

$154,900$191,700

Median gross rent

$992$1,268

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)

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
Under 5	7.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	11.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	39.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.3%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.1%	13.3%
55 to 64	5.3%	11.4%
65 to 74	4.9%	16.6%
75 and over	2.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
White (non-Hispanic)	55.5%	86.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.5%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	18.8%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
No high school diploma	5.2%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.8%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
Drove alone	55.1%	64.6%
Carpooled	17.7%	12.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	14.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	18.3%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
1-unit, detached	47.1%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	21.1%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	10.8%	6.0%
20 or more units	9.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Jacksonville	Swansboro
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	15	22
Median year structure built	1992	2002