Chocowinity vs River Road

A side-by-side comparison of Chocowinity and River Road: population, income, housing, and more.

Chocowinity and River Road are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

River Road has the higher population (3,518 vs 1,090 in Chocowinity). River Road has the higher median household income ($47,978 vs $34,141 in Chocowinity). River Road has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $116,500 in Chocowinity).

Population, income & housing

	Chocowinity	River Road
Population	1,090	3,518
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$34,141	$47,978
Median home value	$116,500	$187,700
Median gross rent	$851	$787
Housing units	510	2,016
Homeownership rate	43.6%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	28.5%
Unemployment rate	26.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chocowinity	River Road
Population	1,089 → 1,090 (+0.1%)	3,826 → 3,518 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$26,181 → $34,141 (+30.4%)	$42,396 → $47,978 (+13.2%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $116,500 (+26.6%)	$148,700 → $187,700 (+26.2%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $851 (+33.4%)	$767 → $787 (+2.6%)

Chocowinity

Population

1,0891,090

Median household income

$26,181$34,141

Median home value

$92,000$116,500

Median gross rent

$638$851

River Road

Population

3,8263,518

Median household income

$42,396$47,978

Median home value

$148,700$187,700

Median gross rent

$767$787

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Chocowinity	River Road
Under 5	5.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.3%	11.3%
18 to 24	8.2%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	12.3%
35 to 44	15.6%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	12.5%
65 to 74	11.0%	12.6%
75 and over	8.5%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chocowinity	River Road
White (non-Hispanic)	28.3%	59.4%
Black or African American	53.7%	18.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	13.9%	20.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chocowinity	River Road
No high school diploma	13.8%	23.2%
High school graduate	43.1%	20.2%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.0%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.1%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chocowinity	River Road
Drove alone	91.5%	86.8%
Carpooled	2.9%	0.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.7%	7.9%
Other means	0.9%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chocowinity	River Road
1-unit, detached	49.6%	59.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	14.1%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	18.8%	2.4%
20 or more units	5.9%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	32.2%

Poverty & households

	Chocowinity	River Road
Poverty rate	34.2%	21.0%
Average household size	2.25	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1979	1979