North Carolina · Census place 3766360

Swansboro, North Carolina

Swansboro is a town in Onslow County, North Carolina with an estimated 4,165 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 177th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024: 4,165; #177 of 335 in North Carolina
Change since 2020: +10.8%; +405 people
Land area: 2.2 sq mi; + 0.14 sq mi water
Density: 1,859 / sq mi; State median 1,316

Orange pin: Swansboro. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Raleigh.

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Swansboro population, 2020 to 2024

Swansboro added 405 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +10.8%. In the latest year it moved by +16.

July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 3,746. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Swansboro covers 2.24 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 1,859 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Swansboro is denser than the typical town.

What county Swansboro is in

All of Swansboro's residents live in Onslow County, which had 212,954 residents in 2024. Swansboro holds 2.0% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Swansboro

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Swansboro by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28584. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Swansboro is

The Census internal point of Swansboro is at 34.693600, -77.134300. Raleigh, the capital, is 113.3 miles NW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Jacksonville, NC (70,840 people), 14.9 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 54.4 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal: 34.693600, -77.134300
DMS: 34°41'36.96"N 77°08'3.48"W
UTM: 18N 304502.3E 3841138.4N
Geohash: dq1jkgb8b
Plus code: 8764MVV8+C7

Daylight in Swansboro

At 34.69° N, Swansboro gets about 14 h 29 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 50 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 39 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Swansboro

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Cedar Point, 3.0 miles away, with 1,833 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Swansboro, NC?

4,165 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 405 (10.8%) from 3,760 in July 2020.

What county is Swansboro in?

Onslow County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Swansboro?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28584.

How far is Swansboro from Raleigh?

113.3 miles (182.4 km) in a straight line, heading NW from Swansboro.

What is the nearest larger city to Swansboro?

Jacksonville, NC, with 70,840 residents, 14.9 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.