Crawfordsville vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (1,040 vs 322 in Crawfordsville). Riverside has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $73,929 in Crawfordsville). Riverside has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $87,000 in Crawfordsville).

Population, income & housing

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
Population	322	1,040
Median age	32.4 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$73,929	$81,094
Median home value	$87,000	$191,100
Median gross rent	$621	$800
Housing units	112	516
Homeownership rate	82.7%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
Population	353 → 322 (-8.8%)	1,115 → 1,040 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$56,406 → $73,929 (+31.1%)	$62,772 → $81,094 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$75,000 → $87,000 (+16.0%)	$152,400 → $191,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$779 → $621 (-20.3%)	$705 → $800 (+13.5%)

Crawfordsville

Population

353322

Median household income

$56,406$73,929

Median home value

$75,000$87,000

Median gross rent

$779$621

Riverside

Population

1,1151,040

Median household income

$62,772$81,094

Median home value

$152,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$705$800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
Under 5	10.2%	5.0%
5 to 17	22.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	6.8%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.7%	6.9%
75 and over	10.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	78.6%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	15.8%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
No high school diploma	9.1%	5.5%
High school graduate	37.6%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
Drove alone	79.2%	86.7%
Carpooled	14.4%	4.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	4.8%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	8.2%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
1-unit, detached	83.0%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	5.4%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Crawfordsville	Riverside
Poverty rate	7.5%	3.8%
Average household size	3.29	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	28	25
Median year structure built	1938	1972