Greenacres vs Riviera Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Greenacres and Riviera Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenacres and Riviera Beach are places in Florida. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenacres has the higher population (43,871 vs 38,032 in Riviera Beach). Greenacres has the higher median household income ($62,917 vs $62,152 in Riviera Beach). Riviera Beach has the higher median home value ($311,900 vs $244,700 in Greenacres).

Population, income & housing

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
Population	43,871	38,032
Median age	38.0 yrs	38.9 yrs
Median household income	$62,917	$62,152
Median home value	$244,700	$311,900
Median gross rent	$1,709	$1,489
Housing units	17,605	17,620
Homeownership rate	65.8%	58.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	29.1%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	8.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
Population	40,529 → 43,871 (+8.2%)	34,702 → 38,032 (+9.6%)
Median household income	$49,884 → $62,917 (+26.1%)	$47,193 → $62,152 (+31.7%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $244,700 (+50.5%)	$189,500 → $311,900 (+64.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,338 → $1,709 (+27.7%)	$1,177 → $1,489 (+26.5%)

Greenacres

Population

40,52943,871

Median household income

$49,884$62,917

Median home value

$162,600$244,700

Median gross rent

$1,338$1,709

Riviera Beach

Population

34,70238,032

Median household income

$47,193$62,152

Median home value

$189,500$311,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,489

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
Under 5	7.2%	6.9%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.0%
18 to 24	7.8%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.6%
35 to 44	13.3%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.9%
75 and over	8.0%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	22.7%	20.0%
Black or African American	27.5%	63.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	4.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	43.3%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	16.4%	12.7%
High school graduate	30.7%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.8%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	80.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	10.3%	9.1%
Public transit	1.4%	2.7%
Walked	0.2%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.4%
Worked from home	5.1%	11.1%
Other means	2.4%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	32.2%	41.2%
1-unit, attached	20.8%	9.8%
2 to 4 units	11.0%	12.7%
5 to 19 units	26.3%	9.7%
20 or more units	4.9%	21.9%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenacres	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	16.1%	17.2%
Average household size	2.83	2.77
Mean commute (minutes)	30	25
Median year structure built	1987	1980