Caruthers vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Caruthers and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Caruthers and Riverdale are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverdale has the higher population (2,803 vs 2,143 in Caruthers). Caruthers has the higher median household income ($64,722 vs $54,250 in Riverdale). Caruthers has the higher median home value ($288,000 vs $265,100 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Caruthers	Riverdale
Population	2,143	2,803
Median age	28.4 yrs	28.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,722	$54,250
Median home value	$288,000	$265,100
Median gross rent	$1,062	$1,095
Housing units	701	817
Homeownership rate	58.2%	62.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	6.3%
Unemployment rate	13.3%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Caruthers	Riverdale
Population	2,559 → 2,143 (-16.3%)	3,433 → 2,803 (-18.4%)
Median household income	$50,733 → $64,722 (+27.6%)	$55,833 → $54,250 (-2.8%)
Median home value	$168,600 → $288,000 (+70.8%)	$166,400 → $265,100 (+59.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,062 (+3.7%)	$902 → $1,095 (+21.4%)

Caruthers

Population

2,5592,143

Median household income

$50,733$64,722

Median home value

$168,600$288,000

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,062

Riverdale

Population

3,4332,803

Median household income

$55,833$54,250

Median home value

$166,400$265,100

Median gross rent

$902$1,095

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Caruthers	Riverdale
Under 5	4.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	30.8%	24.3%
18 to 24	13.7%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	15.7%
35 to 44	9.8%	8.5%
45 to 54	18.0%	12.0%
55 to 64	7.4%	11.3%
65 to 74	2.1%	3.9%
75 and over	2.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Caruthers	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	32.7%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	74.1%	67.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Caruthers	Riverdale
No high school diploma	37.4%	36.5%
High school graduate	16.6%	37.0%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	20.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	3.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Caruthers	Riverdale
Drove alone	77.6%	84.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	3.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.9%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	5.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Caruthers	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	92.4%	78.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.2%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Caruthers	Riverdale
Poverty rate	16.6%	12.3%
Average household size	3.61	3.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	24
Median year structure built	1977	1974