Riviera Beach vs The Acreage

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

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

The Acreage has the higher population (40,188 vs 38,032 in Riviera Beach). The Acreage has the higher median household income ($105,405 vs $62,152 in Riviera Beach). The Acreage has the higher median home value ($464,400 vs $311,900 in Riviera Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
Population	38,032	40,188
Median age	38.9 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,152	$105,405
Median home value	$311,900	$464,400
Median gross rent	$1,489	$1,774
Housing units	17,620	13,337
Homeownership rate	58.0%	91.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	29.1%	24.8%
Unemployment rate	8.6%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
Population	34,702 → 38,032 (+9.6%)	40,177 → 40,188 (+0.0%)
Median household income	$47,193 → $62,152 (+31.7%)	$90,034 → $105,405 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$189,500 → $311,900 (+64.6%)	$315,600 → $464,400 (+47.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,489 (+26.5%)	$1,912 → $1,774 (-7.2%)

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

The Acreage

Population

40,17740,188

Median household income

$90,034$105,405

Median home value

$315,600$464,400

Median gross rent

$1,912$1,774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
Under 5	6.9%	3.6%
5 to 17	15.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	11.9%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.7%
45 to 54	11.3%	17.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.8%
65 to 74	8.9%	9.1%
75 and over	9.0%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
White (non-Hispanic)	20.0%	60.2%
Black or African American	63.4%	12.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.1%
Two or more races	3.6%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
No high school diploma	12.7%	9.0%
High school graduate	33.2%	27.9%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	38.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.4%	16.4%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
Drove alone	72.7%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.1%	7.0%
Public transit	2.7%	0.2%
Walked	2.1%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	12.0%
Other means	1.8%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
1-unit, detached	41.2%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	9.8%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	12.7%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	9.7%	0.2%
20 or more units	21.9%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	4.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riviera Beach	The Acreage
Poverty rate	17.2%	4.1%
Average household size	2.77	3.10
Mean commute (minutes)	25	38
Median year structure built	1980	1996