New Liberty vs Riverdale

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

New Liberty 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 154 in New Liberty). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($88,500 vs $87,857 in New Liberty). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($270,000 vs $129,500 in New Liberty).

Population, income & housing

	New Liberty	Riverdale
Population	154	408
Median age	34.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$87,857	$88,500
Median home value	$129,500	$270,000
Median gross rent	$1,375	$1,705
Housing units	65	190
Homeownership rate	70.4%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	35.7%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Liberty	Riverdale
Population	108 → 154 (+42.6%)	477 → 408 (-14.5%)
Median household income	$51,750 → $87,857 (+69.8%)	$73,750 → $88,500 (+20.0%)
Median home value	$88,600 → $129,500 (+46.2%)	$215,300 → $270,000 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $1,375 (+161.9%)	$1,063 → $1,705 (+60.4%)

New Liberty

Population

108154

Median household income

$51,750$87,857

Median home value

$88,600$129,500

Median gross rent

$525$1,375

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)

	New Liberty	Riverdale
Under 5	11.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	24.0%	12.0%
18 to 24	5.8%	11.5%
25 to 34	9.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	22.1%	17.6%
45 to 54	7.1%	16.2%
55 to 64	14.9%	11.5%
65 to 74	3.9%	8.6%
75 and over	1.3%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Liberty	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	96.8%	80.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	2.6%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Liberty	Riverdale
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.7%
High school graduate	45.6%	22.0%
Some college or associate's	44.4%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	4.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Liberty	Riverdale
Drove alone	67.9%	90.0%
Carpooled	14.8%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.6%	7.0%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Liberty	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	84.6%	96.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	7.7%	1.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	New Liberty	Riverdale
Poverty rate	15.3%	3.9%
Average household size	2.85	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1944	1957