Rich Square vs Seaboard

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

Rich Square and Seaboard 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 624 in Seaboard). Rich Square has the higher median household income ($38,621 vs $19,746 in Seaboard). Seaboard has the higher median home value ($80,200 vs $78,300 in Rich Square).

Population, income & housing

	Rich Square	Seaboard
Population	780	624
Median age	61.6 yrs	53.0 yrs
Median household income	$38,621	$19,746
Median home value	$78,300	$80,200
Median gross rent	$781	$336
Housing units	370	407
Homeownership rate	77.8%	51.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.5%	5.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	1.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Rich Square	Seaboard
Population	780 → 780 (+0.0%)	723 → 624 (-13.7%)
Median household income	$30,903 → $38,621 (+25.0%)	$31,932 → $19,746 (-38.2%)
Median home value	$74,100 → $78,300 (+5.7%)	$64,800 → $80,200 (+23.8%)
Median gross rent	$693 → $781 (+12.7%)	$780 → $336 (-56.9%)

Rich Square

Population

780780

Median household income

$30,903$38,621

Median home value

$74,100$78,300

Median gross rent

$693$781

Seaboard

Population

723624

Median household income

$31,932$19,746

Median home value

$64,800$80,200

Median gross rent

$780$336

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Rich Square	Seaboard
Under 5	5.1%	7.9%
5 to 17	6.2%	13.9%
18 to 24	4.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	8.8%
35 to 44	6.9%	8.0%
45 to 54	11.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	14.5%	10.4%
65 to 74	16.9%	20.7%
75 and over	27.1%	16.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Rich Square	Seaboard
White (non-Hispanic)	39.5%	11.7%
Black or African American	53.2%	84.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.1%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Rich Square	Seaboard
No high school diploma	23.8%	24.4%
High school graduate	34.0%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	7.9%	4.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Rich Square	Seaboard
Drove alone	72.3%	89.9%
Carpooled	19.5%	4.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.0%	3.1%
Other means	7.2%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Rich Square	Seaboard
1-unit, detached	86.2%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	17.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	5.4%

Poverty & households

	Rich Square	Seaboard
Poverty rate	29.4%	32.1%
Average household size	2.07	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	32	30
Median year structure built	1958	1968