Ragland vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (2,247 vs 1,601 in Ragland). Riverside has the higher median household income ($67,750 vs $37,679 in Ragland). Riverside has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $110,800 in Ragland).

Population, income & housing

	Ragland	Riverside
Population	1,601	2,247
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,679	$67,750
Median home value	$110,800	$214,100
Median gross rent	$508	$1,073
Housing units	810	969
Homeownership rate	73.2%	76.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.5%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	11.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ragland	Riverside
Population	1,889 → 1,601 (-15.2%)	3,042 → 2,247 (-26.1%)
Median household income	$36,875 → $37,679 (+2.2%)	$58,517 → $67,750 (+15.8%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $110,800 (+38.5%)	$175,600 → $214,100 (+21.9%)
Median gross rent	$454 → $508 (+11.9%)	$916 → $1,073 (+17.1%)

Ragland

Population

1,8891,601

Median household income

$36,875$37,679

Median home value

$80,000$110,800

Median gross rent

$454$508

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)

	Ragland	Riverside
Under 5	2.8%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.3%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.9%	12.4%
35 to 44	12.6%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.9%	13.3%
55 to 64	18.4%	11.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	14.4%
75 and over	5.5%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ragland	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	83.1%
Black or African American	6.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	2.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ragland	Riverside
No high school diploma	13.3%	18.7%
High school graduate	53.4%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	3.2%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	7.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ragland	Riverside
Drove alone	92.4%	91.8%
Carpooled	6.7%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.6%	4.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ragland	Riverside
1-unit, detached	58.4%	52.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	5.8%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	9.4%
20 or more units	3.6%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	27.3%	23.6%

Poverty & households

	Ragland	Riverside
Poverty rate	32.5%	17.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	31	33
Median year structure built	1982	1994