Kalona vs Riverside

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

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

Kalona has the higher population (2,679 vs 1,040 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $72,766 in Kalona). Kalona has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $191,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Kalona	Riverside
Population	2,679	1,040
Median age	41.0 yrs	40.6 yrs
Median household income	$72,766	$81,094
Median home value	$221,300	$191,100
Median gross rent	$819	$800
Housing units	1,222	516
Homeownership rate	70.8%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kalona	Riverside
Population	2,520 → 2,679 (+6.3%)	1,115 → 1,040 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$58,446 → $72,766 (+24.5%)	$62,772 → $81,094 (+29.2%)
Median home value	$162,800 → $221,300 (+35.9%)	$152,400 → $191,100 (+25.4%)
Median gross rent	$753 → $819 (+8.8%)	$705 → $800 (+13.5%)

Kalona

Population

2,5202,679

Median household income

$58,446$72,766

Median home value

$162,800$221,300

Median gross rent

$753$819

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)

	Kalona	Riverside
Under 5	8.1%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.5%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	9.0%	11.3%
55 to 64	11.0%	17.6%
65 to 74	15.7%	6.9%
75 and over	9.0%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kalona	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	91.2%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	7.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kalona	Riverside
No high school diploma	9.2%	5.5%
High school graduate	32.5%	30.1%
Some college or associate's	27.3%	35.6%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kalona	Riverside
Drove alone	72.0%	86.7%
Carpooled	7.2%	4.1%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.8%	8.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kalona	Riverside
1-unit, detached	61.6%	65.3%
1-unit, attached	13.3%	6.6%
2 to 4 units	16.0%	17.8%
5 to 19 units	4.7%	6.4%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Kalona	Riverside
Poverty rate	3.1%	3.8%
Average household size	2.19	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	22	25
Median year structure built	1978	1972