Riegelwood vs Sandyfield

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

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

Sandyfield has the higher population (683 vs 539 in Riegelwood). Riegelwood has the higher median home value ($181,800 vs $83,500 in Sandyfield). Since 2019, Sandyfield's population has grown faster (+59.2% vs -35.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
Population	539	683
Median age	59.2 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,750
Median home value	$181,800	$83,500
Median gross rent	$995	$864
Housing units	295	265
Homeownership rate	72.4%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	3.3%	8.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
Population	840 → 539 (-35.8%)	429 → 683 (+59.2%)
Median household income	$35,451 → $42,452 (+19.7%)	$43,542 → $32,750 (-24.8%)
Median home value	$210,500 → $181,800 (-13.6%)	$77,200 → $83,500 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	$845 → $995 (+17.8%)	$425 → $864 (+103.3%)

Riegelwood

Population

840539

Median household income

$35,451$42,452

Median home value

$210,500$181,800

Median gross rent

$845$995

Sandyfield

Population

429683

Median household income

$43,542$32,750

Median home value

$77,200$83,500

Median gross rent

$425$864

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
Under 5	9.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	2.6%	8.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	5.7%
25 to 34	12.8%	15.1%
35 to 44	2.2%	21.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	29.5%	20.5%
65 to 74	18.2%	7.2%
75 and over	2.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
White (non-Hispanic)	70.5%	14.9%
Black or African American	18.9%	67.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	2.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
No high school diploma	0.0%	23.7%
High school graduate	55.9%	50.2%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	17.8%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	6.2%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
Drove alone	83.7%	89.0%
Carpooled	11.2%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
1-unit, detached	88.8%	36.6%
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	11.2%	63.4%

Poverty & households

	Riegelwood	Sandyfield
Poverty rate	9.8%	35.3%
Average household size	1.98	3.12
Mean commute (minutes)	23	35
Median year structure built	1958	1999