Cerro Gordo vs Riegelwood

A side-by-side comparison of Cerro Gordo and Riegelwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riegelwood has the higher population (539 vs 335 in Cerro Gordo). Cerro Gordo has the higher median home value ($188,700 vs $181,800 in Riegelwood). Since 2019, Cerro Gordo's population has grown faster (+64.2% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
Population	335	539
Median age	48.1 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median home value	$188,700	$181,800
Median gross rent	$736	$995
Housing units	165	295
Homeownership rate	83.8%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.3%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
Population	204 → 335 (+64.2%)	840 → 539 (-35.8%)
Median household income	—	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$73,400 → $188,700 (+157.1%)	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$631 → $736 (+16.6%)	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)

Cerro Gordo

Population

204335

Median home value

$73,400$188,700

Median gross rent

$631$736

Riegelwood

Population

840539

Median household income

$35,451$42,452

Median home value

$210,500$181,800

Median gross rent

$845$995

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
Under 5	0.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	19.1%	2.6%
18 to 24	15.8%	9.6%
25 to 34	1.8%	12.8%
35 to 44	9.3%	2.2%
45 to 54	22.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	7.5%	29.5%
65 to 74	3.3%	18.2%
75 and over	21.2%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	70.5%
Black or African American	5.4%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	19.1%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
No high school diploma	16.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	46.3%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.6%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
Drove alone	86.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	13.2%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
1-unit, detached	81.2%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.8%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Cerro Gordo	Riegelwood
Poverty rate	25.1%	9.8%
Average household size	2.26	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	43	23
Median year structure built	1974	1958