McCausland vs Riverdale

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

McCausland 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 346 in McCausland). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $65,625 in McCausland). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $167,300 in McCausland).

Population, income & housing

	McCausland	Riverdale
Population	346	408
Median age	39.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$88,500
Median home value	$167,300	$270,000
Median gross rent	$1,292	$1,705
Housing units	164	190
Homeownership rate	82.3%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.0%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	McCausland	Riverdale
Population	403 → 346 (-14.1%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$80,179 → $65,625 (-18.2%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$136,800 → $167,300 (+22.3%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,292 (+7.7%)	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

McCausland

Population

403346

Median household income

$80,179$65,625

Median home value

$136,800$167,300

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,292

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)

	McCausland	Riverdale
Under 5	6.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	12.0%
18 to 24	7.2%	11.5%
25 to 34	10.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	13.6%	17.6%
45 to 54	7.8%	16.2%
55 to 64	15.6%	11.5%
65 to 74	13.3%	8.6%
75 and over	6.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	McCausland	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.5%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	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	2.9%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	McCausland	Riverdale
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	39.0%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	39.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.5%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	McCausland	Riverdale
Drove alone	86.4%	90.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	7.0%
Other means	2.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	McCausland	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	91.5%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	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

	McCausland	Riverdale
Poverty rate	14.5%	3.9%
Average household size	2.45	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	21
Median year structure built	1965	1957