Garysburg vs Rich Square

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

Garysburg 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 636 in Garysburg). Rich Square has the higher median household income ($38,621 vs $37,500 in Garysburg). Garysburg has the higher median home value ($106,600 vs $78,300 in Rich Square).

Population, income & housing

	Garysburg	Rich Square
Population	636	780
Median age	54.7 yrs	61.6 yrs
Median household income	$37,500	$38,621
Median home value	$106,600	$78,300
Median gross rent	$883	$781
Housing units	512	370
Homeownership rate	64.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	16.5%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Garysburg	Rich Square
Population	880 → 636 (-27.7%)	780 → 780 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$28,421 → $37,500 (+31.9%)	$30,903 → $38,621 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$74,000 → $106,600 (+44.1%)	$74,100 → $78,300 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$844 → $883 (+4.6%)	$693 → $781 (+12.7%)

Garysburg

Population

880636

Median household income

$28,421$37,500

Median home value

$74,000$106,600

Median gross rent

$844$883

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)

	Garysburg	Rich Square
Under 5	1.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.9%	6.2%
18 to 24	8.6%	4.6%
25 to 34	4.9%	7.4%
35 to 44	4.1%	6.9%
45 to 54	21.7%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.3%	14.5%
65 to 74	25.2%	16.9%
75 and over	7.1%	27.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Garysburg	Rich Square
White (non-Hispanic)	0.3%	39.5%
Black or African American	97.2%	53.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Garysburg	Rich Square
No high school diploma	20.8%	23.8%
High school graduate	25.3%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	25.7%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	18.7%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Garysburg	Rich Square
Drove alone	90.6%	72.3%
Carpooled	3.1%	19.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	1.0%
Other means	3.1%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Garysburg	Rich Square
1-unit, detached	72.3%	86.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	27.7%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Garysburg	Rich Square
Poverty rate	16.7%	29.4%
Average household size	1.80	2.07
Mean commute (minutes)	19	32
Median year structure built	1970	1958