Ferndale vs Riviera Beach

A side-by-side comparison of Ferndale and Riviera Beach: population, income, housing, and more.

Ferndale and Riviera Beach are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ferndale has the higher population (17,076 vs 12,608 in Riviera Beach). Riviera Beach has the higher median household income ($110,136 vs $92,391 in Ferndale). Riviera Beach has the higher median home value ($334,000 vs $325,400 in Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
Population	17,076	12,608
Median age	35.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$92,391	$110,136
Median home value	$325,400	$334,000
Median gross rent	$1,708	$1,945
Housing units	6,719	5,007
Homeownership rate	64.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
Population	17,208 → 17,076 (-0.8%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$72,168 → $92,391 (+28.0%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$247,800 → $325,400 (+31.3%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,378 → $1,708 (+23.9%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

Ferndale

Population

17,20817,076

Median household income

$72,168$92,391

Median home value

$247,800$325,400

Median gross rent

$1,378$1,708

Riviera Beach

Population

12,65812,608

Median household income

$96,359$110,136

Median home value

$268,100$334,000

Median gross rent

$1,801$1,945

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
Under 5	8.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	16.6%
65 to 74	7.4%	6.2%
75 and over	6.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	55.9%	78.2%
Black or African American	24.9%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	8.3%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.1%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	10.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	32.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.2%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	68.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	18.0%	10.3%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.2%	8.5%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	58.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	15.8%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	5.4%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	18.5%	1.5%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Ferndale	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	4.6%	4.3%
Average household size	2.61	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1971	1979