Basalt vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (1,126 vs 511 in Basalt). Riverside has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $75,375 in Basalt). Basalt has the higher median home value ($300,000 vs $241,500 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Basalt	Riverside
Population	511	1,126
Median age	36.5 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$75,375	$103,125
Median home value	$300,000	$241,500
Median gross rent	$1,025	—
Housing units	180	342
Homeownership rate	89.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.8%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Basalt	Riverside
Population	396 → 511 (+29.0%)	1,149 → 1,126 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$52,083 → $75,375 (+44.7%)	$70,893 → $103,125 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$136,500 → $300,000 (+119.8%)	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$806 → $1,025 (+27.2%)	—

Basalt

Population

396511

Median household income

$52,083$75,375

Median home value

$136,500$300,000

Median gross rent

$806$1,025

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)

	Basalt	Riverside
Under 5	6.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	26.8%	28.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	5.3%	4.5%
35 to 44	17.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	8.6%	14.7%
55 to 64	18.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	6.8%	3.9%
75 and over	5.3%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Basalt	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	74.6%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.9%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Basalt	Riverside
No high school diploma	11.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	44.1%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	8.0%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Basalt	Riverside
Drove alone	74.2%	71.3%
Carpooled	10.4%	19.2%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	9.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Basalt	Riverside
1-unit, detached	86.7%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.6%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Basalt	Riverside
Poverty rate	1.8%	7.9%
Average household size	2.92	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1971	1986