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Riegelwood, North Carolina: commercial real estate data.
Riegelwood is a Census CDP of 649 people across 3.08 square miles of land, in Columbus County. Median household income is $49,583, 88.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 1 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $40,000 since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Riegelwood
What Riegelwood is
- Census place typeCDP
- Land area3.08 sq mi
- Water area0.29 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land211 plus or minus 69
- County holding the largest share of its areaColumbus County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riegelwood
How many people live in Riegelwood
- Population649 plus or minus 213
- Median age63.3 plus or minus 13.3
- Population under 1875 plus or minus 75
- Share under 1811.6 percent plus or minus 11.0
- Population 65 and over204 plus or minus 103
- Share 65 and over31.4 percent plus or minus 12.1
- Households339 plus or minus 111
- Family households198 plus or minus 91
- Share of households that are families58.4 percent plus or minus 18.8
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riegelwood
Income and work in Riegelwood
- Median household income$49,583 plus or minus $24,523
- Per capita income$40,370 plus or minus $10,304
- Civilian labor force296 plus or minus 139
- Employed296 plus or minus 139
- Unemployed0
- Unemployment rate0.0 percent
- Adults 25 and over574 plus or minus 176
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher95.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher4.2 percent plus or minus 5.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree0.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riegelwood
Housing in Riegelwood
- Housing units339 plus or minus 111
- Occupied units339 plus or minus 111
- Vacant units0
- Vacancy rate0.0 percent
- Owner occupied300 plus or minus 111
- Renter occupied39 plus or minus 47
- Ownership rate88.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$200,300 plus or minus $100,596
- Single family units306 plus or minus 99
- Share single family90.3 percent plus or minus 41.5
- Units in buildings of two or more0
- Share in buildings of two or more0.0 percent
- Mobile homes33 plus or minus 39
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riegelwood
How Riegelwood gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute278 plus or minus 144
- Commuting under 15 minutes51 plus or minus 53
- Share commuting under 15 minutes18.3 percent plus or minus 16.5
- Commuting 30 minutes or more136 plus or minus 93
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more48.9 percent plus or minus 22.1
- Drove alone86.8 percent plus or minus 24.6
- Carpooled7.1 percent plus or minus 9.9
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home6.1 percent plus or minus 8.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riegelwood
SBA loans in Riegelwood (7(a))
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$40,000
- Average approval$40,000
- Median approval$40,000
- Largest approval$40,000
- Jobs supported10
- Jobs per approval10.0
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term107 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more0.0 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders1
- Distinct industries by NAICS1
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riegelwood, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Columbus County, not Riegelwood
Columbus County context, not Riegelwood figures
- Establishments in Columbus County997
- Covered employment, Columbus County14,466
- Average annual pay, Columbus County$47,896
- Housing units permitted, Columbus County55
Every figure in this section is published for Columbus County as a whole and is not a measurement of Riegelwood.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
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What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Riegelwood questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riegelwood, North Carolina?
649, in 339 households. Riegelwood CDP covers 3.08 square miles of land, which is 211 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riegelwood in?
Columbus County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Riegelwood?
$49,583. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $200,300. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riegelwood businesses?
1 7(a) approvals totaling $40,000 since FY2020, across 1 lenders, median approval $40,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riegelwood, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riegelwood borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Riegelwood. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Are the county figures on this page Riegelwood figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Columbus County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Riegelwood.
Is zoning published for Riegelwood?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.