Ashville vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Ashville and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ashville has the higher population (2,748 vs 2,247 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($67,750 vs $65,169 in Ashville). Riverside has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $184,600 in Ashville).

Population, income & housing

	Ashville	Riverside
Population	2,748	2,247
Median age	38.1 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,169	$67,750
Median home value	$184,600	$214,100
Median gross rent	$913	$1,073
Housing units	962	969
Homeownership rate	76.9%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.3%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ashville	Riverside
Population	2,380 → 2,748 (+15.5%)	3,042 → 2,247 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$50,093 → $65,169 (+30.1%)	$58,517 → $67,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$110,200 → $184,600 (+67.5%)	$175,600 → $214,100 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,205 → $913 (-24.2%)	$916 → $1,073 (+17.1%)

Ashville

Population

2,3802,748

Median household income

$50,093$65,169

Median home value

$110,200$184,600

Median gross rent

$1,205$913

Riverside

Population

3,0422,247

Median household income

$58,517$67,750

Median home value

$175,600$214,100

Median gross rent

$916$1,073

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ashville	Riverside
Under 5	5.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	18.9%	14.9%
18 to 24	7.8%	7.9%
25 to 34	13.1%	12.4%
35 to 44	15.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	8.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.7%	14.4%
75 and over	6.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ashville	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	80.3%	83.1%
Black or African American	16.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.8%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ashville	Riverside
No high school diploma	17.0%	18.7%
High school graduate	31.2%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	42.5%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	7.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.5%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ashville	Riverside
Drove alone	88.6%	91.8%
Carpooled	8.1%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	4.2%
Other means	1.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ashville	Riverside
1-unit, detached	82.2%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	17.8%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Ashville	Riverside
Poverty rate	17.3%	17.5%
Average household size	3.09	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1979	1994