Morrow vs Riverdale

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

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

Riverdale has the higher population (14,866 vs 6,519 in Morrow). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($62,627 vs $61,215 in Morrow). Morrow has the higher median home value ($221,900 vs $160,000 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Morrow	Riverdale
Population	6,519	14,866
Median age	29.6 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,215	$62,627
Median home value	$221,900	$160,000
Median gross rent	$1,401	$1,266
Housing units	1,834	6,392
Homeownership rate	47.3%	52.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	7.8%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Morrow	Riverdale
Population	6,965 → 6,519 (-6.4%)	15,291 → 14,866 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$52,372 → $61,215 (+16.9%)	$50,145 → $62,627 (+24.9%)
Median home value	$112,100 → $221,900 (+97.9%)	$101,300 → $160,000 (+57.9%)
Median gross rent	$885 → $1,401 (+58.3%)	$903 → $1,266 (+40.2%)

Morrow

Population

6,9656,519

Median household income

$52,372$61,215

Median home value

$112,100$221,900

Median gross rent

$885$1,401

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)

	Morrow	Riverdale
Under 5	7.6%	5.5%
5 to 17	23.7%	13.8%
18 to 24	12.1%	14.0%
25 to 34	14.7%	12.6%
35 to 44	9.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	13.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	16.1%
65 to 74	5.5%	8.5%
75 and over	3.9%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Morrow	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	4.7%
Black or African American	29.8%	85.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	29.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	31.4%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Morrow	Riverdale
No high school diploma	22.2%	13.1%
High school graduate	29.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	38.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.9%	7.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Morrow	Riverdale
Drove alone	50.4%	71.1%
Carpooled	35.7%	3.6%
Public transit	0.0%	7.3%
Walked	1.6%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	9.1%
Other means	1.0%	5.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Morrow	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	71.8%	64.1%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.0%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	10.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	16.4%
20 or more units	9.4%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.8%

Poverty & households

	Morrow	Riverdale
Poverty rate	20.4%	12.0%
Average household size	3.47	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1974	1991