| Official Name: | River Road, North Carolina |
| Settlement Type: | Census-designated place |
| Pushpin Map: | North Carolina |
| Pushpin Label: | River Road |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location within the state of North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | United States |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | North Carolina |
| Subdivision Type2: | County |
| Subdivision Name2: | Beaufort |
| Unit Pref: | Imperial |
| Area Footnotes: | [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 18.70 |
| Area Land Km2: | 18.36 |
| Area Water Km2: | 0.34 |
| Area Total Sq Mi: | 7.22 |
| Area Land Sq Mi: | 7.09 |
| Area Water Sq Mi: | 0.13 |
| Population As Of: | 2020 |
| Population Total: | 4048 |
| Population Density Km2: | 220.47 |
| Population Density Sq Mi: | 571.03 |
| Timezone: | Eastern (EST) |
| Utc Offset: | -5 |
| Timezone Dst: | EDT |
| Utc Offset Dst: | -4 |
| Elevation Ft: | 7 |
| Coordinates: | 35.5108°N -76.9894°W |
| Postal Code Type: | ZIP code |
| Postal Code: | 27889[2] |
| Area Code: | 252 |
| Blank Name: | FIPS code |
| Blank Info: | 37-56815[3] |
| Blank1 Name: | GNIS feature ID |
| Blank1 Info: | 2403479 |
River Road is a census-designated place (CDP) in Beaufort County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 4,048 at the 2020 Census.[4]
River Road is located on the north bank of the tidal Pamlico River. The town of Washington Park borders the CDP on the west, and the city of Washington, the Beaufort County seat, is 5miles to the west of River Road.
North Carolina Highway 32 (River Road) is the main road through the CDP, leading west into Washington and northeast to U.S. Route 264.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 18.4sqkm, all land.[4]
There were 1,660 households, out of which 29.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.9% were married couples living together, 11.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.7% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.4% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.47 and the average family size was 2.89.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 23.2% under the age of 18, 9.6% from 18 to 24, 26.9% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 14.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females, there were 98.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 97.4 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $39,178, and the median income for a family was $50,385. Males had a median income of $32,364 versus $26,316 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $19,316. About 17.1% of families and 22.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.6% of those under age 18 and 5.4% of those age 65 or over.