Kent Acres vs Riverview

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

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

Kent Acres has the higher population (2,540 vs 2,412 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($85,833 vs $71,848 in Kent Acres). Riverview has the higher median home value ($287,700 vs $213,400 in Kent Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Kent Acres	Riverview
Population	2,540	2,412
Median age	29.9 yrs	56.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,848	$85,833
Median home value	$213,400	$287,700
Median gross rent	$1,641	—
Housing units	965	1,060
Homeownership rate	81.5%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	24.5%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kent Acres	Riverview
Population	2,519 → 2,540 (+0.8%)	2,314 → 2,412 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$44,750 → $71,848 (+60.6%)	$98,897 → $85,833 (-13.2%)
Median home value	$212,800 → $213,400 (+0.3%)	$259,300 → $287,700 (+11.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,194 → $1,641 (+37.4%)	—

Kent Acres

Population

2,5192,540

Median household income

$44,750$71,848

Median home value

$212,800$213,400

Median gross rent

$1,194$1,641

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)

	Kent Acres	Riverview
Under 5	4.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	24.4%	7.4%
18 to 24	14.4%	4.1%
25 to 34	10.9%	7.2%
35 to 44	12.3%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.9%	18.1%
55 to 64	8.4%	26.0%
65 to 74	7.7%	18.3%
75 and over	3.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kent Acres	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	33.9%	88.2%
Black or African American	29.2%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.4%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	23.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kent Acres	Riverview
No high school diploma	13.5%	3.7%
High school graduate	27.9%	29.3%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	11.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kent Acres	Riverview
Drove alone	83.4%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	5.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	11.8%
Other means	0.8%	5.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kent Acres	Riverview
1-unit, detached	74.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	23.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Kent Acres	Riverview
Poverty rate	19.1%	7.2%
Average household size	2.98	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	36
Median year structure built	1981	1990