Pumpkin Center vs Richlands

A side-by-side comparison of Pumpkin Center and Richlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Richlands has the higher population (2,387 vs 1,753 in Pumpkin Center). Pumpkin Center has the higher median household income ($62,684 vs $61,607 in Richlands). Richlands has the higher median home value ($217,800 vs $170,300 in Pumpkin Center).

Population, income & housing

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
Population	1,753	2,387
Median age	32.3 yrs	29.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,684	$61,607
Median home value	$170,300	$217,800
Median gross rent	—	$929
Housing units	684	862
Homeownership rate	88.3%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.9%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
Population	1,693 → 1,753 (+3.5%)	2,364 → 2,387 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$55,208 → $62,684 (+13.5%)	$53,171 → $61,607 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$133,500 → $170,300 (+27.6%)	$181,700 → $217,800 (+19.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,115 (+0.1%)	$796 → $929 (+16.7%)

Pumpkin Center

Population

1,6931,753

Median household income

$55,208$62,684

Median home value

$133,500$170,300

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,115

Richlands

Population

2,3642,387

Median household income

$53,171$61,607

Median home value

$181,700$217,800

Median gross rent

$796$929

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
Under 5	0.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	27.5%	27.0%
18 to 24	11.0%	6.2%
25 to 34	16.8%	17.1%
35 to 44	4.4%	20.1%
45 to 54	14.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.8%	5.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	5.0%
75 and over	3.8%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
White (non-Hispanic)	80.9%	66.8%
Black or African American	13.3%	15.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	0.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	10.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
No high school diploma	8.1%	8.8%
High school graduate	33.2%	30.5%
Some college or associate's	39.9%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	16.2%
Graduate or professional degree	5.8%	15.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
Drove alone	78.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	6.6%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.2%
Worked from home	10.3%	8.5%
Other means	4.4%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
1-unit, detached	97.5%	82.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Pumpkin Center	Richlands
Poverty rate	3.4%	10.4%
Average household size	2.56	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1980	2001