River Bend, North Carolina

River Bend population, 2020 to 2024

River Bend lost 13 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.4%. In the latest year it moved by +18.

River Bend covers 2.51 square miles of land and 0.35 of water, for 1,148 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so River Bend is less dense than the typical town.

What county River Bend is in

All of River Bend's residents live in Craven County, which had 104,167 residents in 2024. River Bend holds 2.8% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in River Bend

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Bend by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28562. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where River Bend is

The Census internal point of River Bend is at 35.068900, -77.149900. Raleigh, the capital, is 97.2 miles WNW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Trent Woods, NC (4,047 people), 3.4 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Wilmington, NC, 72.6 miles away.

Daylight in River Bend

At 35.07° N, River Bend gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near River Bend

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Trent Woods, 3.4 miles away, with 4,047 people.