Riverside vs Steele

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

Riverside and Steele 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 1,293 in Steele). Steele has the higher median household income ($70,000 vs $67,750 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($214,100 vs $101,700 in Steele).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Steele
Population	2,247	1,293
Median age	42.4 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$67,750	$70,000
Median home value	$214,100	$101,700
Median gross rent	$1,073	$744
Housing units	969	559
Homeownership rate	76.4%	89.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.8%	8.7%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	7.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Steele
Population	3,042 → 2,247 (-26.1%)	1,149 → 1,293 (+12.5%)
Median household income	$58,517 → $67,750 (+15.8%)	$35,125 → $70,000 (+99.3%)
Median home value	$175,600 → $214,100 (+21.9%)	$76,200 → $101,700 (+33.5%)
Median gross rent	$916 → $1,073 (+17.1%)	$824 → $744 (-9.7%)

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

Steele

Population

1,1491,293

Median household income

$35,125$70,000

Median home value

$76,200$101,700

Median gross rent

$824$744

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Steele
Under 5	7.0%	3.9%
5 to 17	14.9%	22.1%
18 to 24	7.9%	7.9%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.9%
35 to 44	10.4%	22.4%
45 to 54	13.3%	8.9%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.1%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.4%
75 and over	7.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Steele
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	73.2%
Black or African American	10.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.6%	20.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Steele
No high school diploma	18.7%	13.7%
High school graduate	40.2%	35.1%
Some college or associate's	21.2%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	6.4%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Steele
Drove alone	91.8%	88.3%
Carpooled	2.4%	11.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.2%	0.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Steele
1-unit, detached	52.7%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.6%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Steele
Poverty rate	17.5%	8.0%
Average household size	2.59	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1994	1975