Fair Bluff vs Riegelwood

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

Fair Bluff 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 513 in Fair Bluff). Riegelwood has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $48,900 in Fair Bluff). Since 2019, Fair Bluff's population has grown faster (-5.9% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
Population	513	539
Median age	51.8 yrs	59.2 yrs
Median household income	$29,063	—
Median home value	$48,900	$181,800
Median gross rent	$807	$995
Housing units	418	295
Homeownership rate	74.9%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.0%	3.3%
Unemployment rate	4.9%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
Population	545 → 513 (-5.9%)	840 → 539 (-35.8%)
Median household income	$20,078 → $29,063 (+44.8%)	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)
Median home value	$60,400 → $48,900 (-19.0%)	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)
Median gross rent	$265 → $807 (+204.5%)	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)

Fair Bluff

Population

545513

Median household income

$20,078$29,063

Median home value

$60,400$48,900

Median gross rent

$265$807

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)

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
Under 5	7.4%	9.1%
5 to 17	15.0%	2.6%
18 to 24	3.7%	9.6%
25 to 34	10.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	6.0%	2.2%
45 to 54	17.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	16.8%	29.5%
65 to 74	12.1%	18.2%
75 and over	10.9%	2.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
White (non-Hispanic)	22.8%	70.5%
Black or African American	61.0%	18.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.9%
Asian	8.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	55.9%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	7.7%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
Drove alone	90.6%	83.7%
Carpooled	9.4%	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)

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
1-unit, detached	53.1%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	30.9%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Fair Bluff	Riegelwood
Poverty rate	31.0%	9.8%
Average household size	2.19	1.98
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1983	1958