Airport vs Riverdale Park

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

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

Airport has the higher population (1,258 vs 998 in Riverdale Park). Riverdale Park has the higher median household income ($61,802 vs $42,000 in Airport). Since 2019, Riverdale Park's population has grown faster (-3.4% vs -14.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Airport	Riverdale Park
Population	1,258	998
Median age	31.2 yrs	22.0 yrs
Median household income	$42,000	$61,802
Median home value	$333,300	—
Median gross rent	$1,150	$1,555
Housing units	357	289
Homeownership rate	31.0%	55.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.8%	17.4%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Airport	Riverdale Park
Population	1,479 → 1,258 (-14.9%)	1,033 → 998 (-3.4%)
Median household income	$29,489 → $42,000 (+42.4%)	$40,000 → $61,802 (+54.5%)
Median home value	$166,800 → $333,300 (+99.8%)	$234,100 → $311,300 (+33.0%)
Median gross rent	$801 → $1,150 (+43.6%)	$1,058 → $1,555 (+47.0%)

Airport

Population

1,4791,258

Median household income

$29,489$42,000

Median home value

$166,800$333,300

Median gross rent

$801$1,150

Riverdale Park

Population

1,033998

Median household income

$40,000$61,802

Median home value

$234,100$311,300

Median gross rent

$1,058$1,555

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Airport	Riverdale Park
Under 5	4.1%	1.7%
5 to 17	17.0%	39.8%
18 to 24	12.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	23.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	17.1%
45 to 54	15.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	7.9%	4.3%
65 to 74	3.7%	0.0%
75 and over	2.9%	2.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Airport	Riverdale Park
White (non-Hispanic)	31.6%	15.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.3%
Hispanic or Latino	62.2%	73.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Airport	Riverdale Park
No high school diploma	40.9%	20.7%
High school graduate	38.1%	35.3%
Some college or associate's	20.2%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	0.8%	2.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	15.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Airport	Riverdale Park
Drove alone	76.9%	49.6%
Carpooled	11.2%	50.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	0.0%
Other means	7.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Airport	Riverdale Park
1-unit, detached	91.6%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Airport	Riverdale Park
Poverty rate	30.8%	12.5%
Average household size	3.74	4.19
Mean commute (minutes)	34	41
Median year structure built	1945	1978