Atmore vs Riverview

A side-by-side comparison of Atmore and Riverview: population, income, housing, and more.

Atmore and Riverview are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Atmore has the higher population (8,389 vs 249 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($37,404 vs $33,104 in Atmore). Atmore has the higher median home value ($128,900 vs $120,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Atmore	Riverview
Population	8,389	249
Median age	43.2 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,104	$37,404
Median home value	$128,900	$120,500
Median gross rent	$703	—
Housing units	3,322	76
Homeownership rate	51.1%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.1%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atmore	Riverview
Population	9,495 → 8,389 (-11.6%)	106 → 249 (+134.9%)
Median household income	$26,118 → $33,104 (+26.7%)	$33,333 → $37,404 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $128,900 (+36.7%)	$71,700 → $120,500 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $703 (+20.6%)	—

Atmore

Population

9,4958,389

Median household income

$26,118$33,104

Median home value

$94,300$128,900

Median gross rent

$583$703

Riverview

Population

106249

Median household income

$33,333$37,404

Median home value

$71,700$120,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atmore	Riverview
Under 5	5.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	32.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	1.6%
25 to 34	16.8%	6.8%
35 to 44	17.6%	10.8%
45 to 54	14.3%	18.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	3.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.0%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atmore	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	40.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	54.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atmore	Riverview
No high school diploma	24.6%	18.2%
High school graduate	48.4%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	20.9%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.8%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atmore	Riverview
Drove alone	90.6%	86.6%
Carpooled	8.7%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.5%	11.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atmore	Riverview
1-unit, detached	68.3%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	9.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.8%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Atmore	Riverview
Poverty rate	35.4%	35.3%
Average household size	2.46	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1979	1986