River Bend vs Trent Woods

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

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

Trent Woods has the higher population (4,086 vs 2,896 in River Bend). Trent Woods has the higher median household income ($109,097 vs $68,314 in River Bend). Trent Woods has the higher median home value ($294,200 vs $233,700 in River Bend).

Population, income & housing

	River Bend	Trent Woods
Population	2,896	4,086
Median age	52.5 yrs	52.2 yrs
Median household income	$68,314	$109,097
Median home value	$233,700	$294,200
Median gross rent	$1,296	$1,342
Housing units	1,627	1,867
Homeownership rate	88.3%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.4%	60.8%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Bend	Trent Woods
Population	3,051 → 2,896 (-5.1%)	4,050 → 4,086 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$65,083 → $68,314 (+5.0%)	$90,119 → $109,097 (+21.1%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $233,700 (+38.1%)	$237,800 → $294,200 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$905 → $1,296 (+43.2%)	$1,292 → $1,342 (+3.9%)

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

Trent Woods

Population

4,0504,086

Median household income

$90,119$109,097

Median home value

$237,800$294,200

Median gross rent

$1,292$1,342

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Bend	Trent Woods
Under 5	2.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	6.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	9.9%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	13.2%	14.9%
65 to 74	20.7%	18.9%
75 and over	12.5%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Bend	Trent Woods
White (non-Hispanic)	80.4%	99.0%
Black or African American	12.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	0.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Bend	Trent Woods
No high school diploma	8.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	17.2%	11.2%
Some college or associate's	41.2%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	20.3%	31.7%
Graduate or professional degree	13.1%	29.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Bend	Trent Woods
Drove alone	85.8%	83.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	5.0%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.4%	8.1%
Other means	1.5%	3.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Bend	Trent Woods
1-unit, detached	73.3%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	19.5%	4.2%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	0.4%
5 to 19 units	5.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	River Bend	Trent Woods
Poverty rate	8.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.05	2.35
Mean commute (minutes)	16	17
Median year structure built	1986	1978