Brewton vs Riverview

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

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

Brewton has the higher population (5,232 vs 249 in Riverview). Brewton has the higher median household income ($48,766 vs $37,404 in Riverview). Brewton has the higher median home value ($144,400 vs $120,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Brewton	Riverview
Population	5,232	249
Median age	40.5 yrs	37.1 yrs
Median household income	$48,766	$37,404
Median home value	$144,400	$120,500
Median gross rent	$638	—
Housing units	2,429	76
Homeownership rate	67.1%	88.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Brewton	Riverview
Population	5,240 → 5,232 (-0.2%)	106 → 249 (+134.9%)
Median household income	$42,898 → $48,766 (+13.7%)	$33,333 → $37,404 (+12.2%)
Median home value	$111,600 → $144,400 (+29.4%)	$71,700 → $120,500 (+68.1%)
Median gross rent	$638 → $638 (+0.0%)	—

Brewton

Population

5,2405,232

Median household income

$42,898$48,766

Median home value

$111,600$144,400

Median gross rent

$638$638

Riverview

Population

106249

Median household income

$33,333$37,404

Median home value

$71,700$120,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Brewton	Riverview
Under 5	5.7%	8.8%
5 to 17	17.6%	32.1%
18 to 24	6.2%	1.6%
25 to 34	16.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	8.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	14.9%	3.2%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.0%
75 and over	8.5%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Brewton	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	86.3%
Black or African American	28.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.3%	13.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Brewton	Riverview
No high school diploma	14.8%	18.2%
High school graduate	34.3%	38.5%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	14.7%
Graduate or professional degree	9.5%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Brewton	Riverview
Drove alone	95.1%	86.6%
Carpooled	2.1%	1.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.8%	11.9%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Brewton	Riverview
1-unit, detached	78.7%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.3%	27.6%

Poverty & households

	Brewton	Riverview
Poverty rate	13.2%	35.3%
Average household size	2.60	4.08
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1979	1986