Donahue vs Riverdale

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

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

Riverdale has the higher population (408 vs 382 in Donahue). Donahue has the higher median household income ($103,750 vs $88,500 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $211,900 in Donahue).

Population, income & housing

	Donahue	Riverdale
Population	382	408
Median age	38.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$103,750	$88,500
Median home value	$211,900	$270,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,705
Housing units	143	190
Homeownership rate	95.7%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Donahue	Riverdale
Population	378 → 382 (+1.1%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $103,750 (+31.7%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$163,800 → $211,900 (+29.4%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

Donahue

Population

378382

Median household income

$78,750$103,750

Median home value

$163,800$211,900

Riverdale

Population

477408

Median household income

$73,750$88,500

Median home value

$215,300$270,000

Median gross rent

$1,063$1,705

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Donahue	Riverdale
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	12.0%
18 to 24	1.0%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.5%	7.6%
35 to 44	24.6%	17.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	16.2%
55 to 64	6.8%	11.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	8.6%
75 and over	5.2%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Donahue	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.6%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Donahue	Riverdale
No high school diploma	6.0%	2.7%
High school graduate	26.4%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	45.3%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Donahue	Riverdale
Drove alone	84.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	2.6%
Public transit	3.1%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.4%	7.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Donahue	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	97.2%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Donahue	Riverdale
Poverty rate	4.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.71	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	21
Median year structure built	1971	1957