Fort Meade vs Riviera Beach

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

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

Riviera Beach has the higher population (12,608 vs 10,477 in Fort Meade). Riviera Beach has the higher median household income ($110,136 vs $102,886 in Fort Meade). Since 2019, Riviera Beach's population has grown faster (-0.4% vs -3.6%).

Population, income & housing

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
Population	10,477	12,608
Median age	27.2 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$102,886	$110,136
Median home value	—	$334,000
Median gross rent	$2,380	$1,945
Housing units	3,536	5,007
Homeownership rate	0.8%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	47.1%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
Population	10,873 → 10,477 (-3.6%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$77,412 → $102,886 (+32.9%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$421,600 → $416,700 (-1.2%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$2,177 → $2,380 (+9.3%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

Fort Meade

Population

10,87310,477

Median household income

$77,412$102,886

Median home value

$421,600$416,700

Median gross rent

$2,177$2,380

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)

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
Under 5	11.4%	5.3%
5 to 17	21.7%	15.2%
18 to 24	14.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	22.9%	17.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.3%	14.1%
55 to 64	3.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	2.3%	6.2%
75 and over	0.4%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	38.2%	78.2%
Black or African American	24.1%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.8%
Two or more races	12.2%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	16.4%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	5.1%	6.2%
High school graduate	8.6%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	39.1%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	29.4%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.7%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	76.1%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.3%
Public transit	2.6%	0.0%
Walked	6.3%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	8.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	16.2%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	62.3%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	8.4%	1.5%
20 or more units	6.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Fort Meade	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	4.5%	4.3%
Average household size	3.16	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	18	31
Median year structure built	1997	1979