Because there are quite a few people attending college in Riegelwood, it is thought of as a college town. To the benefit of the many students in the area, Riegelwood provides a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards their needs and activities.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Riegelwood has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Riegelwood has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Riegelwood than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Riegelwood may be for you.
Being a small town, Riegelwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
Riegelwood ranks among the bottom of the nation in terms of college education compared to other cities and towns: only 3.30% of people over 25 have a college degree.
The per capita income in Riegelwood in 2022 was $38,774, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $155,096 for a family of four. However, Riegelwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Riegelwood is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Riegelwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Riegelwood residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Riegelwood include German, Irish, English, Lithuanian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Riegelwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Tagalog and Italian.
