Neuse Forest vs River Bend

A side-by-side comparison of Neuse Forest and River Bend: population, income, housing, and more.

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

River Bend has the higher population (2,896 vs 2,406 in Neuse Forest). Neuse Forest has the higher median household income ($88,333 vs $68,314 in River Bend). River Bend has the higher median home value ($233,700 vs $194,200 in Neuse Forest).

Population, income & housing

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
Population	2,406	2,896
Median age	36.8 yrs	52.5 yrs
Median household income	$88,333	$68,314
Median home value	$194,200	$233,700
Median gross rent	$986	$1,296
Housing units	824	1,627
Homeownership rate	77.2%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	34.6%	33.4%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
Population	1,536 → 2,406 (+56.6%)	3,051 → 2,896 (-5.1%)
Median household income	$75,114 → $88,333 (+17.6%)	$65,083 → $68,314 (+5.0%)
Median home value	$218,900 → $194,200 (-11.3%)	$169,200 → $233,700 (+38.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,136 → $986 (-13.2%)	$905 → $1,296 (+43.2%)

Neuse Forest

Population

1,5362,406

Median household income

$75,114$88,333

Median home value

$218,900$194,200

Median gross rent

$1,136$986

River Bend

Population

3,0512,896

Median household income

$65,083$68,314

Median home value

$169,200$233,700

Median gross rent

$905$1,296

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
Under 5	3.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	25.7%	6.5%
18 to 24	7.7%	9.9%
25 to 34	10.5%	8.4%
35 to 44	13.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.0%	20.7%
75 and over	6.1%	12.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.8%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
No high school diploma	4.0%	8.2%
High school graduate	26.9%	17.2%
Some college or associate's	34.4%	41.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.7%	20.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	13.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
Drove alone	87.4%	85.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	4.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	2.4%
Other means	7.3%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
1-unit, detached	98.1%	73.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	19.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Neuse Forest	River Bend
Poverty rate	10.1%	8.9%
Average household size	2.92	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1991	1986