Swanquarter, NC

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Swanquarter, NC: 1 USPS ZIP, population 984. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet SWANQUARTER-NC · Swanquarter, NC 1 ZIPs · 984 pop · #17958/25278 · Hyde County

INC-MID · RANK-LOWER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-MID · POP-VILLAGE · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-MID $59,784
  • RANK-LOWER #17958/25278
  • ABOVE-PEER over Engelhard
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-MID 77% owners
  • POP-VILLAGE 984
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $124,600

Nearest income peer: Engelhard, NC ( $17,195 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Swanquarter

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Swanquarter on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Swanquarter, NC sits among US cities with a below-median household income, on a village-scale population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

29th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
984
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$59,784
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Below-median income with few delivery areas (1): read cost-of-living from the primary ZIP. Household income $59,784 and poverty 19.1% concentrate in 27885.

Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (77.1%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Swanquarter as a pure owner town.

Within North Carolina, Union Mills is the closest lower-income city and Landis the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Swanquarter.

Population concentration

Swanquarter reads through its lone ZIP, 27885

984 ACS residents, one ZIP: 27885 is not the leading code inside Swanquarter, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Mid-pack ZBP load on Swanquarter's one ZIP

Citywide ZBP: 21 establishments, 92 employees , annual payroll $3,678k (~21 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 27885 (21 units) ; leading NAICS Wholesale trade (3) · also Retail trade · Finance and insurance .

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ZIP Codes in Swanquarter, NC

These ZIP codes sit in Hyde County, which covers 5 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Swanquarter. See the Hyde County roll-up →

Swanquarter sits in the upper half of Hyde County on income: Engelhard and Scranton report less, while Ocracoke reports more. Scranton marks the far end of that range at $21,991, 63% below Swanquarter.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
27885 984 $59,784 21 3

Swanquarter roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Swanquarter, .