River Road is a city of 3,366 people in North Carolina. At a median age of 47.0, this is an older place than the country as a whole. Households here earn about 36% less than in North Carolina as a whole. 22.3% of people here live below the federal poverty line. 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher. Households take in $46,352 at the median, 44% less than the US figure.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $46,352, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 47.0
US median: 38.9
Less educated
26% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 45%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about River Road
What changed most since 1990
Homes owned by their occupants79.3% → 68.3%(−10.9 pts)US over the same years: +0.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$195,606 → $232,800(+19%)US over the same years: +67%
Median age35.2 → 47.0(+11.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
River Road's population equals 7.6% of Beaufort County's. Its number of households without a car equals 4.5% of the county's. Its number of foreign-born residents equals 14% 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)37%(130)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)31.9%(112)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era18.2%(64)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War8.8%(31)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 351 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
River Road, decade by decade
River Road 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
3,885
$70,128
$195,606
18.7%
46.9
2000
4,094
$71,369
$160,670
24.5%
65.8
2010
4,394
$59,889
$212,333
30.8%
73.2
2020
4,048
$50,718
$208,592
29.8%
69.4
2024
3,366
$46,352
$232,800
26.5%
67.3
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.
