Firth vs Riverside

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

Firth 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 381 in Firth). Riverside has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $49,167 in Firth). Riverside has the higher median home value ($241,500 vs $197,900 in Firth).

Population, income & housing

	Firth	Riverside
Population	381	1,126
Median age	37.4 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$49,167	$103,125
Median home value	$197,900	$241,500
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	139	342
Homeownership rate	58.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	26.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Firth	Riverside
Population	526 → 381 (-27.6%)	1,149 → 1,126 (-2.0%)
Median household income	$53,333 → $49,167 (-7.8%)	$70,893 → $103,125 (+45.5%)
Median home value	$101,500 → $197,900 (+95.0%)	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $718 (+16.2%)	—

Firth

Population

526381

Median household income

$53,333$49,167

Median home value

$101,500$197,900

Median gross rent

$618$718

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)

	Firth	Riverside
Under 5	3.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	23.6%	28.6%
18 to 24	7.9%	12.0%
25 to 34	10.2%	4.5%
35 to 44	19.2%	16.7%
45 to 54	6.3%	14.7%
55 to 64	11.0%	7.5%
65 to 74	12.6%	3.9%
75 and over	5.5%	6.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Firth	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	78.2%	93.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	5.0%	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	2.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.2%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Firth	Riverside
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	43.7%	41.8%
Some college or associate's	29.6%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	21.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Firth	Riverside
Drove alone	69.7%	71.3%
Carpooled	16.1%	19.2%
Public transit	4.5%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.1%	9.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Firth	Riverside
1-unit, detached	70.5%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	18.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.0%	26.3%

Poverty & households

	Firth	Riverside
Poverty rate	12.1%	7.9%
Average household size	2.89	3.29
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1970	1986