Forest Park vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Forest Park and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Forest Park and Riverdale are places in Georgia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Forest Park has the higher population (19,619 vs 14,866 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($62,627 vs $42,286 in Forest Park). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($160,000 vs $119,000 in Forest Park).

Population, income & housing

	Forest Park	Riverdale
Population	19,619	14,866
Median age	32.4 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$42,286	$62,627
Median home value	$119,000	$160,000
Median gross rent	$1,101	$1,266
Housing units	7,801	6,392
Homeownership rate	38.5%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.1%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Forest Park	Riverdale
Population	19,723 → 19,619 (-0.5%)	15,291 → 14,866 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$36,792 → $42,286 (+14.9%)	$50,145 → $62,627 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$67,100 → $119,000 (+77.3%)	$101,300 → $160,000 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$866 → $1,101 (+27.1%)	$903 → $1,266 (+40.2%)

Forest Park

Population

19,72319,619

Median household income

$36,792$42,286

Median home value

$67,100$119,000

Median gross rent

$866$1,101

Riverdale

Population

15,29114,866

Median household income

$50,145$62,627

Median home value

$101,300$160,000

Median gross rent

$903$1,266

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Forest Park	Riverdale
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	22.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	9.6%	14.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	12.6%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.5%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	8.5%
75 and over	5.3%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Forest Park	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	4.7%
Black or African American	50.5%	85.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.0%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Forest Park	Riverdale
No high school diploma	24.0%	13.1%
High school graduate	36.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Forest Park	Riverdale
Drove alone	71.5%	71.1%
Carpooled	13.7%	3.6%
Public transit	5.8%	7.3%
Walked	3.1%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.1%
Other means	0.6%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Forest Park	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	61.9%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	22.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	6.9%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Forest Park	Riverdale
Poverty rate	16.2%	12.0%
Average household size	2.62	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	30
Median year structure built	1965	1991