Evergreen vs Riegelwood

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

Evergreen 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 381 in Evergreen). Since 2019, Evergreen's population has grown faster (+132.3% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
Population	381	539
Median age	25.4 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median home value	—	$181,800
Median gross rent	$643	$995
Housing units	164	295
Homeownership rate	22.4%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
Population	164 → 381 (+132.3%)	840 → 539 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$43,571 → $59,191 (+35.8%)	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$73,200 → $74,300 (+1.5%)	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $643 (-3.0%)	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)

Evergreen

Population

164381

Median household income

$43,571$59,191

Median home value

$73,200$74,300

Median gross rent

$663$643

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)

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
Under 5	2.1%	9.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	2.6%
18 to 24	21.5%	9.6%
25 to 34	39.4%	12.8%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	8.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	8.9%	29.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	18.2%
75 and over	2.4%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	44.9%	70.5%
Black or African American	55.1%	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	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
No high school diploma	18.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	66.1%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	15.4%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
Drove alone	100.0%	83.7%
Carpooled	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
1-unit, detached	44.5%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	38.4%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Evergreen	Riegelwood
Poverty rate	32.5%	9.8%
Average household size	5.01	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	—	23
Median year structure built	2001	1958