Herald Harbor vs Riva

A side-by-side comparison of Herald Harbor and Riva: population, income, housing, and more.

Herald Harbor and Riva are places in Maryland. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riva has the higher population (4,798 vs 2,507 in Herald Harbor). Riva has the higher median household income ($156,389 vs $139,877 in Herald Harbor). Riva has the higher median home value ($611,600 vs $562,900 in Herald Harbor).

Population, income & housing

	Herald Harbor	Riva
Population	2,507	4,798
Median age	43.0 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$139,877	$156,389
Median home value	$562,900	$611,600
Median gross rent	$2,135	$2,018
Housing units	1,054	1,636
Homeownership rate	93.0%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.1%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	2.6%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Herald Harbor	Riva
Population	2,747 → 2,507 (-8.7%)	4,130 → 4,798 (+16.2%)
Median household income	$128,065 → $139,877 (+9.2%)	$122,905 → $156,389 (+27.2%)
Median home value	$464,300 → $562,900 (+21.2%)	$484,900 → $611,600 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,163 → $2,135 (+83.6%)	$1,685 → $2,018 (+19.8%)

Herald Harbor

Population

2,7472,507

Median household income

$128,065$139,877

Median home value

$464,300$562,900

Median gross rent

$1,163$2,135

Riva

Population

4,1304,798

Median household income

$122,905$156,389

Median home value

$484,900$611,600

Median gross rent

$1,685$2,018

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Herald Harbor	Riva
Under 5	1.2%	5.3%
5 to 17	20.1%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	7.1%	7.6%
35 to 44	17.2%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	11.0%	15.9%
75 and over	4.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Herald Harbor	Riva
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	87.8%
Black or African American	3.4%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.3%
Two or more races	7.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	7.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Herald Harbor	Riva
No high school diploma	3.5%	1.6%
High school graduate	12.6%	15.3%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	32.0%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	24.1%	22.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Herald Harbor	Riva
Drove alone	76.3%	65.6%
Carpooled	4.3%	5.1%
Public transit	0.9%	1.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	25.2%
Other means	0.0%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Herald Harbor	Riva
1-unit, detached	97.0%	95.2%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Herald Harbor	Riva
Poverty rate	1.6%	0.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	33
Median year structure built	1984	1982