Cheswold vs Riverview

A side-by-side comparison of Cheswold and Riverview: population, income, housing, and more.

Cheswold and Riverview are places in Delaware. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverview has the higher population (2,412 vs 1,833 in Cheswold). Riverview has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $75,000 in Cheswold). Cheswold has the higher median home value ($290,500 vs $287,700 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Cheswold	Riverview
Population	1,833	2,412
Median age	46.3 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$75,000	$85,833
Median home value	$290,500	$287,700
Median gross rent	$860	—
Housing units	652	1,060
Homeownership rate	92.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.6%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheswold	Riverview
Population	1,483 → 1,833 (+23.6%)	2,314 → 2,412 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$47,813 → $75,000 (+56.9%)	$98,897 → $85,833 (-13.2%)
Median home value	$78,500 → $290,500 (+270.1%)	$259,300 → $287,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$948 → $860 (-9.3%)	—

Cheswold

Population

1,4831,833

Median household income

$47,813$75,000

Median home value

$78,500$290,500

Median gross rent

$948$860

Riverview

Population

2,3142,412

Median household income

$98,897$85,833

Median home value

$259,300$287,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheswold	Riverview
Under 5	6.4%	0.0%
5 to 17	12.4%	7.4%
18 to 24	11.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	8.1%	7.2%
35 to 44	9.1%	12.6%
45 to 54	18.4%	18.1%
55 to 64	13.6%	26.0%
65 to 74	11.1%	18.3%
75 and over	9.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheswold	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	40.6%	88.2%
Black or African American	38.8%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheswold	Riverview
No high school diploma	11.0%	3.7%
High school graduate	41.6%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheswold	Riverview
Drove alone	71.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	13.0%	5.7%
Public transit	1.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	11.8%
Other means	1.1%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheswold	Riverview
1-unit, detached	52.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	47.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheswold	Riverview
Poverty rate	7.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.91	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	30	36
Median year structure built	2008	1990