Long Grove vs Riverdale

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

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

Long Grove has the higher population (707 vs 408 in Riverdale). Long Grove has the higher median household income ($124,297 vs $88,500 in Riverdale). Long Grove has the higher median home value ($295,900 vs $270,000 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Long Grove	Riverdale
Population	707	408
Median age	52.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$124,297	$88,500
Median home value	$295,900	$270,000
Median gross rent	$1,479	$1,705
Housing units	301	190
Homeownership rate	95.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.7%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Long Grove	Riverdale
Population	994 → 707 (-28.9%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$103,750 → $124,297 (+19.8%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$255,800 → $295,900 (+15.7%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,536 → $1,479 (-3.7%)	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

Long Grove

Population

994707

Median household income

$103,750$124,297

Median home value

$255,800$295,900

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,479

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)

	Long Grove	Riverdale
Under 5	7.2%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.3%	12.0%
18 to 24	2.5%	11.5%
25 to 34	11.0%	7.6%
35 to 44	7.4%	17.6%
45 to 54	9.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	19.7%	11.5%
65 to 74	21.1%	8.6%
75 and over	6.1%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Long Grove	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	93.2%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.5%
Two or more races	2.7%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Long Grove	Riverdale
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.7%
High school graduate	22.3%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.1%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Long Grove	Riverdale
Drove alone	80.1%	90.0%
Carpooled	5.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.8%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.9%	7.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Long Grove	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	97.7%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Long Grove	Riverdale
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.9%
Average household size	2.53	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	24	21
Median year structure built	1979	1957