What is the population of Raeford city?

Raeford city has 4,545 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Raeford city?

Median household income in Raeford city is $43,311 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Raeford city?

Median gross rent is $791 a month and the median home value is $177,900, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.

Is Raeford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Raeford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Raeford, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Raeford, North Carolina (Raeford, NC — Census place “Raeford city”) is 4,545 residents, ranking #185 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $43,311, the median home is worth $177,900 and median gross rent runs $791 a month. Looking for the Raeford North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Raeford, NC: 28376.

Population: 4,545Raeford city residents
Median household income: $43,311Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $177,900Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $791Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 58.7%Owner-occupied households

Raeford ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Raeford.

The Raeford NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28376

What the numbers mean in Raeford city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Raeford city median would spend about 21.9% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 23.5% of residents and 58.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Raeford city, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Raeford city is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,545 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #185 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 76% of them. The median age here is 36.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Raeford city earn a median of $43,311 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538 and 29% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 23.5% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Raeford city is valued at $177,900, 41.4% below the national figure and 19% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $791 a month, 43.7% below the national figure, or roughly $9,492 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 21.9% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 58.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Raeford city?: Raeford city has 4,545 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #185 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Raeford city?: Median household income in Raeford city is $43,311 a year, 44.9% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Raeford city?: Median gross rent is $791 a month and the median home value is $177,900, so rent absorbs about 21.9% of median household income.
Is Raeford city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Raeford city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 21.9% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Raeford city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.