Chadbourn vs Riegelwood

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

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

Chadbourn has the higher population (1,347 vs 539 in Riegelwood). Riegelwood has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $100,300 in Chadbourn). Since 2019, Chadbourn's population has grown faster (-32.8% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
Population	1,347	539
Median age	49.2 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$19,853	—
Median home value	$100,300	$181,800
Median gross rent	$578	$995
Housing units	807	295
Homeownership rate	49.1%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.6%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
Population	2,005 → 1,347 (-32.8%)	840 → 539 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$23,042 → $19,853 (-13.8%)	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$71,200 → $100,300 (+40.9%)	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $578 (+24.8%)	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)

Chadbourn

Population

2,0051,347

Median household income

$23,042$19,853

Median home value

$71,200$100,300

Median gross rent

$463$578

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)

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
Under 5	2.0%	9.1%
5 to 17	18.2%	2.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	9.6%
25 to 34	13.3%	12.8%
35 to 44	6.1%	2.2%
45 to 54	15.5%	13.2%
55 to 64	21.0%	29.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	18.2%
75 and over	6.1%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	70.5%
Black or African American	55.1%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	11.1%	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	2.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
No high school diploma	8.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	59.4%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
Drove alone	86.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
1-unit, detached	68.0%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Chadbourn	Riegelwood
Poverty rate	50.8%	9.8%
Average household size	2.41	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1974	1958