Conway vs Rich Square

A side-by-side comparison of Conway and Rich Square: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Rich Square has the higher population (780 vs 730 in Conway). Conway has the higher median household income ($40,089 vs $38,621 in Rich Square). Conway has the higher median home value ($110,200 vs $78,300 in Rich Square).

Population, income & housing

	Conway	Rich Square
Population	730	780
Median age	34.2 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$40,089	$38,621
Median home value	$110,200	$78,300
Median gross rent	$504	$781
Housing units	371	370
Homeownership rate	53.4%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.4%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Conway	Rich Square
Population	745 → 730 (-2.0%)	780 → 780 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$44,286 → $40,089 (-9.5%)	$30,903 → $38,621 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$99,100 → $110,200 (+11.2%)	$74,100 → $78,300 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$353 → $504 (+42.8%)	$693 → $781 (+12.7%)

Conway

Population

745730

Median household income

$44,286$40,089

Median home value

$99,100$110,200

Median gross rent

$353$504

Rich Square

Population

780780

Median household income

$30,903$38,621

Median home value

$74,100$78,300

Median gross rent

$693$781

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Conway	Rich Square
Under 5	9.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	6.2%
18 to 24	14.5%	4.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	7.4%
35 to 44	12.5%	6.9%
45 to 54	8.8%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	14.5%
65 to 74	12.2%	16.9%
75 and over	5.1%	27.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Conway	Rich Square
White (non-Hispanic)	36.8%	39.5%
Black or African American	54.0%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Conway	Rich Square
No high school diploma	11.8%	23.8%
High school graduate	42.8%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.7%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Conway	Rich Square
Drove alone	71.7%	72.3%
Carpooled	9.0%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.0%	1.0%
Other means	8.3%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Conway	Rich Square
1-unit, detached	57.4%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	12.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Conway	Rich Square
Poverty rate	30.9%	29.4%
Average household size	2.15	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1971	1958