Richlands vs Swansboro

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

Richlands 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 2,387 in Richlands). Swansboro has the higher median household income ($112,382 vs $61,607 in Richlands). Swansboro has the higher median home value ($356,900 vs $217,800 in Richlands).

Population, income & housing

	Richlands	Swansboro
Population	2,387	3,887
Median age	29.2 yrs	43.3 yrs
Median household income	$61,607	$112,382
Median home value	$217,800	$356,900
Median gross rent	$929	$1,380
Housing units	862	1,783
Homeownership rate	64.7%	71.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.7%	38.0%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Richlands	Swansboro
Population	2,364 → 2,387 (+1.0%)	3,217 → 3,887 (+20.8%)
Median household income	$53,171 → $61,607 (+15.9%)	$48,922 → $112,382 (+129.7%)
Median home value	$181,700 → $217,800 (+19.9%)	$202,000 → $356,900 (+76.7%)
Median gross rent	$796 → $929 (+16.7%)	$1,108 → $1,380 (+24.5%)

Richlands

Population

2,3642,387

Median household income

$53,171$61,607

Median home value

$181,700$217,800

Median gross rent

$796$929

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)

	Richlands	Swansboro
Under 5	6.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	27.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.1%	10.4%
35 to 44	20.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	11.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	5.8%	11.4%
65 to 74	5.0%	16.6%
75 and over	1.3%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Richlands	Swansboro
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	86.2%
Black or African American	15.6%	2.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.9%	4.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Richlands	Swansboro
No high school diploma	8.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	30.5%	18.0%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	19.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	18.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Richlands	Swansboro
Drove alone	80.8%	64.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	12.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.0%
Bicycle	2.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	18.3%
Other means	2.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Richlands	Swansboro
1-unit, detached	82.5%	83.2%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	5.1%	2.2%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.3%	4.4%

Poverty & households

	Richlands	Swansboro
Poverty rate	10.4%	9.6%
Average household size	3.14	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	36	22
Median year structure built	2001	2002