Riverside vs West Chester

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

Riverside and West Chester 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 168 in West Chester). Riverside has the higher median household income ($81,094 vs $49,750 in West Chester). Riverside has the higher median home value ($191,100 vs $73,800 in West Chester).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	West Chester
Population	1,040	168
Median age	40.6 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,094	$49,750
Median home value	$191,100	$73,800
Median gross rent	$800	$718
Housing units	516	67
Homeownership rate	74.0%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	17.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	West Chester
Population	1,115 → 1,040 (-6.7%)	82 → 168 (+104.9%)
Median household income	$62,772 → $81,094 (+29.2%)	$47,750 → $49,750 (+4.2%)
Median home value	$152,400 → $191,100 (+25.4%)	$54,400 → $73,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$705 → $800 (+13.5%)	—

Riverside

Population

1,1151,040

Median household income

$62,772$81,094

Median home value

$152,400$191,100

Median gross rent

$705$800

West Chester

Population

82168

Median household income

$47,750$49,750

Median home value

$54,400$73,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	West Chester
Under 5	5.0%	1.8%
5 to 17	18.2%	23.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	17.9%
25 to 34	15.9%	16.1%
35 to 44	12.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.3%	11.3%
55 to 64	17.6%	7.7%
65 to 74	6.9%	4.8%
75 and over	7.6%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	West Chester
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
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	0.7%	10.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	West Chester
No high school diploma	5.5%	12.6%
High school graduate	30.1%	45.3%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	27.4%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	West Chester
Drove alone	86.7%	96.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	3.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	West Chester
1-unit, detached	65.3%	74.6%
1-unit, attached	6.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	25.4%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	West Chester
Poverty rate	3.8%	28.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	25	23
Median year structure built	1972	1938