Green Spring vs Riverwood

A side-by-side comparison of Green Spring and Riverwood: population, income, housing, and more.

Green Spring and Riverwood are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Green Spring has the higher population (581 vs 525 in Riverwood). Riverwood has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $168,750 in Green Spring). Riverwood has the higher median home value ($615,500 vs $425,000 in Green Spring).

Population, income & housing

	Green Spring	Riverwood
Population	581	525
Median age	56.8 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$168,750	$250,001
Median home value	$425,000	$615,500
Median gross rent	$2,277	—
Housing units	241	196
Homeownership rate	81.6%	99.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.2%	85.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Spring	Riverwood
Population	735 → 581 (-21.0%)	488 → 525 (+7.6%)
Median household income	$133,750 → $168,750 (+26.2%)	$178,125 → $250,001 (+40.4%)
Median home value	$290,500 → $425,000 (+46.3%)	$538,800 → $615,500 (+14.2%)
Median gross rent	$2,219 → $2,277 (+2.6%)	—

Green Spring

Population

735581

Median household income

$133,750$168,750

Median home value

$290,500$425,000

Median gross rent

$2,219$2,277

Riverwood

Population

488525

Median household income

$178,125$250,001

Median home value

$538,800$615,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Green Spring	Riverwood
Under 5	4.1%	8.8%
5 to 17	11.2%	22.5%
18 to 24	7.1%	1.9%
25 to 34	1.7%	6.3%
35 to 44	8.6%	20.4%
45 to 54	7.9%	9.7%
55 to 64	27.4%	13.5%
65 to 74	21.7%	10.7%
75 and over	10.3%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Spring	Riverwood
White (non-Hispanic)	96.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.3%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Spring	Riverwood
No high school diploma	0.2%	0.3%
High school graduate	6.2%	1.7%
Some college or associate's	22.4%	12.5%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	45.9%
Graduate or professional degree	31.0%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Spring	Riverwood
Drove alone	65.6%	63.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	3.1%
Public transit	0.0%	1.2%
Walked	2.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	26.6%	32.3%
Other means	2.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Spring	Riverwood
1-unit, detached	100.0%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Spring	Riverwood
Poverty rate	0.7%	1.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.88
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1976	1968