Pumpkin Center vs Swansboro

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

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

Swansboro has the higher population (3,887 vs 1,753 in Pumpkin Center). Swansboro has the higher median household income ($112,382 vs $62,684 in Pumpkin Center). Swansboro has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $170,300 in Pumpkin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
Population	1,753	3,887
Median age	32.3 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,684	$112,382
Median home value	$170,300	$356,900
Median gross rent	—	$1,380
Housing units	684	1,783
Homeownership rate	88.3%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
Population	1,693 → 1,753 (+3.5%)	3,217 → 3,887 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $62,684 (+13.5%)	$48,922 → $112,382 (+129.7%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $170,300 (+27.6%)	$202,000 → $356,900 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,115 (+0.1%)	$1,108 → $1,380 (+24.5%)

Pumpkin Center

Population

1,6931,753

Median household income

$55,208$62,684

Median home value

$133,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,115

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)

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
Under 5	0.0%	8.4%
5 to 17	27.5%	16.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	16.8%	10.4%
35 to 44	4.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	14.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	10.2%	16.6%
75 and over	3.8%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	86.2%
Black or African American	13.3%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
No high school diploma	8.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.2%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
Drove alone	78.7%	64.6%
Carpooled	6.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.3%	18.3%
Other means	4.4%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
1-unit, detached	97.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Pumpkin Center	Swansboro
Poverty rate	3.4%	9.6%
Average household size	2.56	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1980	2002