Aberdeen vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Aberdeen and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Aberdeen and Riverside are places in Idaho. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Aberdeen has the higher population (2,418 vs 1,126 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $67,813 in Aberdeen). Riverside has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $144,700 in Aberdeen).

Population, income & housing

	Aberdeen	Riverside
Population	2,418	1,126
Median age	28.1 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$67,813	$103,125
Median home value	$144,700	$241,500
Median gross rent	$663	—
Housing units	760	342
Homeownership rate	81.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.7%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Aberdeen	Riverside
Population	2,088 → 2,418 (+15.8%)	1,149 → 1,126 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$46,825 → $67,813 (+44.8%)	$70,893 → $103,125 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$93,400 → $144,700 (+54.9%)	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$483 → $663 (+37.3%)	—

Aberdeen

Population

2,0882,418

Median household income

$46,825$67,813

Median home value

$93,400$144,700

Median gross rent

$483$663

Riverside

Population

1,1491,126

Median household income

$70,893$103,125

Median home value

$166,000$241,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Aberdeen	Riverside
Under 5	9.8%	6.0%
5 to 17	25.4%	28.6%
18 to 24	14.1%	12.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	4.5%
35 to 44	10.0%	16.7%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.7%
55 to 64	7.6%	7.5%
65 to 74	4.8%	3.9%
75 and over	5.4%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Aberdeen	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	23.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	74.8%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Aberdeen	Riverside
No high school diploma	43.5%	0.0%
High school graduate	27.1%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	5.1%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Aberdeen	Riverside
Drove alone	87.3%	71.3%
Carpooled	8.9%	19.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Aberdeen	Riverside
1-unit, detached	73.4%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	19.6%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Aberdeen	Riverside
Poverty rate	7.4%	7.9%
Average household size	3.49	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	23	25
Median year structure built	1964	1986