Piney Green vs Swansboro

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

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

Piney Green has the higher population (14,205 vs 3,887 in Swansboro). Swansboro has the higher median household income ($112,382 vs $65,179 in Piney Green). Swansboro has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $220,000 in Piney Green).

Population, income & housing

	Piney Green	Swansboro
Population	14,205	3,887
Median age	30.0 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,179	$112,382
Median home value	$220,000	$356,900
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,380
Housing units	5,949	1,783
Homeownership rate	64.5%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.2%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Piney Green	Swansboro
Population	13,741 → 14,205 (+3.4%)	3,217 → 3,887 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$45,787 → $65,179 (+42.4%)	$48,922 → $112,382 (+129.7%)
Median home value	$150,600 → $220,000 (+46.1%)	$202,000 → $356,900 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,151 (+24.2%)	$1,108 → $1,380 (+24.5%)

Piney Green

Population

13,74114,205

Median household income

$45,787$65,179

Median home value

$150,600$220,000

Median gross rent

$927$1,151

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)

	Piney Green	Swansboro
Under 5	6.2%	8.4%
5 to 17	23.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	15.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.8%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.8%	16.6%
75 and over	4.7%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Piney Green	Swansboro
White (non-Hispanic)	52.7%	86.2%
Black or African American	19.8%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.6%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	17.3%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Piney Green	Swansboro
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.1%
High school graduate	32.6%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Piney Green	Swansboro
Drove alone	75.7%	64.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.7%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	18.3%
Other means	0.1%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Piney Green	Swansboro
1-unit, detached	70.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	2.9%	6.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.4%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Piney Green	Swansboro
Poverty rate	12.1%	9.6%
Average household size	2.78	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1993	2002