Riverside vs Shelley

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

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

Shelley has the higher population (4,987 vs 1,126 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($103,125 vs $63,864 in Shelley). Shelley has the higher median home value ($267,200 vs $241,500 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Shelley
Population	1,126	4,987
Median age	32.1 yrs	29.4 yrs
Median household income	$103,125	$63,864
Median home value	$241,500	$267,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,212
Housing units	342	1,787
Homeownership rate	100.0%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.6%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Shelley
Population	1,149 → 1,126 (-2.0%)	4,372 → 4,987 (+14.1%)
Median household income	$70,893 → $103,125 (+45.5%)	$52,500 → $63,864 (+21.6%)
Median home value	$166,000 → $241,500 (+45.5%)	$155,300 → $267,200 (+72.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$759 → $1,212 (+59.7%)

Riverside

Population

1,1491,126

Median household income

$70,893$103,125

Median home value

$166,000$241,500

Shelley

Population

4,3724,987

Median household income

$52,500$63,864

Median home value

$155,300$267,200

Median gross rent

$759$1,212

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Shelley
Under 5	6.0%	11.1%
5 to 17	28.6%	21.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	11.8%
25 to 34	4.5%	13.1%
35 to 44	16.7%	15.3%
45 to 54	14.7%	8.1%
55 to 64	7.5%	6.8%
65 to 74	3.9%	7.9%
75 and over	6.0%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Shelley
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	82.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Shelley
No high school diploma	0.0%	10.6%
High school graduate	41.8%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	31.6%	39.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.5%	13.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Shelley
Drove alone	71.3%	80.4%
Carpooled	19.2%	9.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.6%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Shelley
1-unit, detached	73.7%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	26.3%	5.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Shelley
Poverty rate	7.9%	9.2%
Average household size	3.29	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1986	1976