River Road vs Washington Park

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

River Road and Washington Park 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 470 in Washington Park). Washington Park has the higher median household income ($86,875 vs $47,978 in River Road). Washington Park has the higher median home value ($300,900 vs $187,700 in River Road).

Population, income & housing

	River Road	Washington Park
Population	3,518	470
Median age	44.1 yrs	54.5 yrs
Median household income	$47,978	$86,875
Median home value	$187,700	$300,900
Median gross rent	$787	$1,000
Housing units	2,016	254
Homeownership rate	68.4%	92.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.5%	59.3%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Road	Washington Park
Population	3,826 → 3,518 (-8.1%)	609 → 470 (-22.8%)
Median household income	$42,396 → $47,978 (+13.2%)	$76,250 → $86,875 (+13.9%)
Median home value	$148,700 → $187,700 (+26.2%)	$249,300 → $300,900 (+20.7%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $787 (+2.6%)	$1,025 → $1,000 (-2.4%)

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

Washington Park

Population

609470

Median household income

$76,250$86,875

Median home value

$249,300$300,900

Median gross rent

$1,025$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Road	Washington Park
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.3%	8.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	1.7%
25 to 34	12.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	9.1%
45 to 54	13.3%	17.9%
55 to 64	12.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.6%	13.4%
75 and over	10.7%	21.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Road	Washington Park
White (non-Hispanic)	59.4%	96.0%
Black or African American	18.2%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	20.3%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Road	Washington Park
No high school diploma	23.2%	0.8%
High school graduate	20.2%	15.1%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	35.5%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	23.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Road	Washington Park
Drove alone	86.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	0.5%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	12.4%
Other means	3.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Road	Washington Park
1-unit, detached	59.4%	97.2%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	32.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	River Road	Washington Park
Poverty rate	21.0%	10.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1979	1957