Rich Square is a city of 880 people in North Carolina. The median age is 59.1, about 20 years above the US median. The poverty rate is 35.2%, above the 12.5% national rate. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 14% of adults. That trails the North Carolina median by roughly 49%. The typical home is worth $85,000, having risen by half since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $37,031, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 59.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
14% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 11%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Rich Square
What changed most since 1990
Poverty rate12.8% → 35.2%(+22.3 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Black share41.5% → 61.4%(+19.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Median age42.8 → 59.1(+16.3 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Rich Square's population equals 5.2% of Northampton County's. Its number of people who work from home equals 0.8% of the county's. Its number of households without a car equals 9.1% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)1.5%(1)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)19.4%(13)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era80.6%(54)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 67 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Rich Square, decade by decade
Rich Square population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
1,048
$52,775
$92,163
13.0%
64.3
2000
931
$41,271
$96,001
14.2%
63.8
2010
958
$39,354
$90,918
12.0%
60.6
2020
894
$37,416
$88,721
13.0%
61.4
2024
880
$37,031
$85,000
14.4%
62.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
