Riverdale vs Squaw Valley

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

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

Squaw Valley has the higher population (3,584 vs 2,803 in Riverdale). Squaw Valley has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $54,250 in Riverdale). Squaw Valley has the higher median home value ($283,500 vs $265,100 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
Population	2,803	3,584
Median age	28.6 yrs	52.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,250	$81,094
Median home value	$265,100	$283,500
Median gross rent	$1,095	$1,042
Housing units	817	1,389
Homeownership rate	62.6%	81.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
Population	3,433 → 2,803 (-18.4%)	3,646 → 3,584 (-1.7%)
Median household income	$55,833 → $54,250 (-2.8%)	$75,201 → $81,094 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$166,400 → $265,100 (+59.3%)	$233,100 → $283,500 (+21.6%)
Median gross rent	$902 → $1,095 (+21.4%)	$978 → $1,042 (+6.5%)

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

Squaw Valley

Population

3,6463,584

Median household income

$75,201$81,094

Median home value

$233,100$283,500

Median gross rent

$978$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
Under 5	9.7%	2.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	16.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	6.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	13.0%
35 to 44	8.5%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.0%	7.3%
55 to 64	11.3%	24.3%
65 to 74	3.9%	12.0%
75 and over	4.9%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
White (non-Hispanic)	32.7%	46.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	9.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	67.3%	39.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
No high school diploma	36.5%	13.8%
High school graduate	37.0%	19.2%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	39.1%
Bachelor's degree	3.3%	20.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
Drove alone	84.3%	64.6%
Carpooled	3.7%	26.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.6%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
1-unit, detached	78.5%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	7.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	Squaw Valley
Poverty rate	12.3%	15.0%
Average household size	3.87	3.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	58
Median year structure built	1974	1988