Ridgefield vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (9,216 vs 7,103 in Ridgefield). Riverside has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $143,286 in Ridgefield). Riverside has the higher median home value ($1,824,700 vs $843,200 in Ridgefield).

Population, income & housing

	Ridgefield	Riverside
Population	7,103	9,216
Median age	45.7 yrs	39.8 yrs
Median household income	$143,286	$250,001
Median home value	$843,200	$1,824,700
Median gross rent	$1,834	$2,419
Housing units	3,135	3,141
Homeownership rate	73.6%	80.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.1%	78.2%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ridgefield	Riverside
Population	8,244 → 7,103 (-13.8%)	8,604 → 9,216 (+7.1%)
Median household income	$133,647 → $143,286 (+7.2%)	$215,791 → $250,001 (+15.9%)
Median home value	$663,600 → $843,200 (+27.1%)	$1,383,800 → $1,824,700 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,665 → $1,834 (+10.2%)	$2,168 → $2,419 (+11.6%)

Ridgefield

Population

8,2447,103

Median household income

$133,647$143,286

Median home value

$663,600$843,200

Median gross rent

$1,665$1,834

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)

	Ridgefield	Riverside
Under 5	4.0%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	24.5%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.0%
25 to 34	8.5%	6.5%
35 to 44	12.0%	13.5%
45 to 54	15.8%	15.3%
55 to 64	13.9%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.7%
75 and over	12.0%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ridgefield	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	87.5%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	2.3%	13.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.9%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ridgefield	Riverside
No high school diploma	2.3%	2.1%
High school graduate	8.9%	6.0%
Some college or associate's	15.7%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	43.4%	36.7%
Graduate or professional degree	29.7%	41.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ridgefield	Riverside
Drove alone	62.3%	41.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	8.3%
Public transit	5.7%	16.7%
Walked	1.5%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.3%	30.6%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ridgefield	Riverside
1-unit, detached	65.1%	81.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	1.7%
20 or more units	8.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Ridgefield	Riverside
Poverty rate	2.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.46	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	35	36
Median year structure built	1972	1963