Riverside vs Springville

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

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

Springville has the higher population (4,949 vs 2,247 in Riverside). Springville has the higher median household income ($76,964 vs $67,750 in Riverside). Springville has the higher median home value ($260,400 vs $214,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Springville
Population	2,247	4,949
Median age	42.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$67,750	$76,964
Median home value	$214,100	$260,400
Median gross rent	$1,073	$783
Housing units	969	2,129
Homeownership rate	76.4%	88.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	34.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Springville
Population	3,042 → 2,247 (-26.1%)	4,257 → 4,949 (+16.3%)
Median household income	$58,517 → $67,750 (+15.8%)	$83,488 → $76,964 (-7.8%)
Median home value	$175,600 → $214,100 (+21.9%)	$214,900 → $260,400 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,073 (+17.1%)	$1,596 → $783 (-50.9%)

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

Springville

Population

4,2574,949

Median household income

$83,488$76,964

Median home value

$214,900$260,400

Median gross rent

$1,596$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Springville
Under 5	7.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	14.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.9%	5.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	10.4%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.7%
55 to 64	11.9%	13.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	16.1%
75 and over	7.8%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Springville
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	10.5%	7.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Springville
No high school diploma	18.7%	9.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	23.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	10.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Springville
Drove alone	91.8%	81.6%
Carpooled	2.4%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Springville
1-unit, detached	52.7%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	12.9%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Springville
Poverty rate	17.5%	3.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	33	33
Median year structure built	1994	1998