Greenwich vs Riverside

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

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

Greenwich has the higher population (14,528 vs 9,216 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $136,154 in Greenwich). Riverside has the higher median home value ($1,824,700 vs $1,486,100 in Greenwich).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwich	Riverside
Population	14,528	9,216
Median age	44.0 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$136,154	$250,001
Median home value	$1,486,100	$1,824,700
Median gross rent	$2,121	$2,419
Housing units	6,684	3,141
Homeownership rate	52.0%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.2%	78.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwich	Riverside
Population	13,287 → 14,528 (+9.3%)	8,604 → 9,216 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$109,500 → $136,154 (+24.3%)	$215,791 → $250,001 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$1,128,800 → $1,486,100 (+31.7%)	$1,383,800 → $1,824,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,803 → $2,121 (+17.6%)	$2,168 → $2,419 (+11.6%)

Greenwich

Population

13,28714,528

Median household income

$109,500$136,154

Median home value

$1,128,800$1,486,100

Median gross rent

$1,803$2,121

Riverside

Population

8,6049,216

Median household income

$215,791$250,001

Median home value

$1,383,800$1,824,700

Median gross rent

$2,168$2,419

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwich	Riverside
Under 5	5.9%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.6%	8.0%
25 to 34	10.6%	6.5%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.6%	15.3%
55 to 64	15.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.2%	7.7%
75 and over	8.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwich	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	62.7%	61.2%
Black or African American	6.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	6.6%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.7%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	16.6%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwich	Riverside
No high school diploma	5.0%	2.1%
High school graduate	10.1%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	14.7%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	32.5%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwich	Riverside
Drove alone	48.6%	41.7%
Carpooled	6.1%	8.3%
Public transit	15.3%	16.7%
Walked	8.2%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.5%	30.6%
Other means	1.2%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwich	Riverside
1-unit, detached	34.6%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	10.8%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	22.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	11.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	20.5%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenwich	Riverside
Poverty rate	8.9%	3.6%
Average household size	2.48	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	1955	1963