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River Road, North Carolina.

A community in Beaufort County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Beaufort County’s.

Living in River Road, Beaufort County, North Carolina

River Road, in Beaufort County, had 4,048 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $46,352 a year and half less, against $58,357 across Beaufort County; 22% of its people live below the poverty line. Unemployment in Beaufort County was 3.5% in August 2026, and the county had 2.6% more jobs in 2025 than the year before. The most residents work in manufacturing, then construction.

People 4,048 in the 2020 census; median age 47.0
Household income $46,352 the median, give or take $11,566 · Beaufort County: $58,357
Unemployment 3.5% Beaufort County, August 2026; 3.9% a year before
Homes Too few homes in River Road for the Census survey to measure.
  • 1,673households
  • 26%of adults have a degree
  • 22%below the poverty line
  • 19 mintypical commute
  • 8%work from home

What residents work in

  • Manufacturing21%
  • Building trades18%
  • Schools, hospitals and social care16%
  • Restaurants, hotels and entertainment16%
  • Banks, insurance and property7%
  • Shops (retail)6%

Employed residents by industry, from the Census survey. Beaufort County had 16,255 jobs in 2025, 2.6% more than the year before (Bureau of Labor Statistics).

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 34°; warmest in July, 89° and 72° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 53° 34° F M A M J J 89° 72° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 53° and 34°; warmest in July, 89° and 72° 30° 40° 50° 60° 70° 80° 90° J 53° 34° F M A M J J 89° 72° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 53° and lows near 34°; warmest in July, with highs near 89° and lows near 72°. About 1 inches of snow and 53 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Washington Wwtp 4W weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Beaufort County

  1. Beaufort County SchoolsSchool district788FTE
  2. ECU Health Beaufort HospitalHospitals, general medical and surgical632
  3. NutrienPhosphatic fertilizer materials manufacturing612
  4. River City ConstructionTransmission and distribution line construction576
  5. Beaufort County Community CollegeTwo-year college335
  6. WalmartWarehouse clubs and supercenters290
  7. AAF Flanders FFIAir purification equipment, stationary, manufacturing259
  8. Rose Acre FarmsChicken egg production181

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 40 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 4,936 people in all across the county; River Road has one of its own. School districts come from the Common Core of Data (NCES, 2023–24) and colleges from IPEDS (NCES, 2023–24); FTE marks full-time equivalent staff. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. HurricanesVery high
  2. Winter weatherVery high
  3. Coastal floodingRelatively high
  4. LightningRelatively high
  5. Strong windRelatively high
  6. TornadoesRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms in River Road’s census tracts, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively high. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on Beaufort County.