Harvey vs River Ridge

A side-by-side comparison of Harvey and River Ridge: population, income, housing, and more.

Harvey and River Ridge are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Harvey has the higher population (21,710 vs 13,170 in River Ridge). River Ridge has the higher median household income ($84,464 vs $43,524 in Harvey). River Ridge has the higher median home value ($330,700 vs $189,700 in Harvey).

Population, income & housing

	Harvey	River Ridge
Population	21,710	13,170
Median age	37.4 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$43,524	$84,464
Median home value	$189,700	$330,700
Median gross rent	$1,196	$1,067
Housing units	9,391	6,224
Homeownership rate	51.5%	70.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	37.8%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harvey	River Ridge
Population	21,054 → 21,710 (+3.1%)	13,337 → 13,170 (-1.3%)
Median household income	$41,559 → $43,524 (+4.7%)	$69,929 → $84,464 (+20.8%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $189,700 (+36.2%)	$265,300 → $330,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $1,196 (+20.0%)	$927 → $1,067 (+15.1%)

Harvey

Population

21,05421,710

Median household income

$41,559$43,524

Median home value

$139,300$189,700

Median gross rent

$997$1,196

River Ridge

Population

13,33713,170

Median household income

$69,929$84,464

Median home value

$265,300$330,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,067

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Harvey	River Ridge
Under 5	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.9%
25 to 34	15.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	11.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	17.0%
65 to 74	10.0%	14.0%
75 and over	5.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harvey	River Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	28.0%	76.9%
Black or African American	43.8%	9.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	8.7%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	17.8%	9.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harvey	River Ridge
No high school diploma	15.5%	6.9%
High school graduate	36.6%	21.3%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	33.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harvey	River Ridge
Drove alone	81.7%	73.5%
Carpooled	9.0%	11.1%
Public transit	2.9%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.2%	12.6%
Other means	1.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harvey	River Ridge
1-unit, detached	59.6%	74.1%
1-unit, attached	3.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	4.3%
5 to 19 units	14.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	12.2%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Harvey	River Ridge
Poverty rate	27.3%	8.0%
Average household size	2.50	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1974	1971