River Bend is a town in Craven County. As of the 2020 census, River Bend had a population of 2,902. It is part of the New Bern, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Geography
According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , of which is land and (7.27%) is water.
Demographics
2020 census
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:right"
|+River Bend racial composition
!scope="col"| Race
!scope="col"| Number
!scope="col"| Percentage
|-
!scope="row"| White (non-Hispanic)
| 2,449
| 84.39%
|-
!scope="row"| Black or African American (non-Hispanic)
| 231
| 7.96%
|-
!scope="row"| Native American
| 4
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| Asian
| 21
| 0.72%
|-
!scope="row"| Pacific Islander
| 4
| 0.14%
|-
!scope="row"| Other/Mixed
| 107
| 3.69%
|-
!scope="row"| Hispanic or Latino
| 86
| 2.96%
|}
As of the 2020 census, River Bend had a population of 2,902. There were 1,379 households and 957 families residing in the town.
Of the 1,379 households, 14.9% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 50.6% were married-couple households, 13.9% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 30.9% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 32.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 21.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.