Jessup vs Riviera Beach

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

Jessup 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 9,147 in Jessup). Jessup has the higher median household income ($122,574 vs $110,136 in Riviera Beach). Jessup has the higher median home value ($437,300 vs $334,000 in Riviera Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
Population	9,147	12,608
Median age	36.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,574	$110,136
Median home value	$437,300	$334,000
Median gross rent	$2,056	$1,945
Housing units	1,587	5,007
Homeownership rate	52.4%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
Population	9,509 → 9,147 (-3.8%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$105,813 → $122,574 (+15.8%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$365,500 → $437,300 (+19.6%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,708 → $2,056 (+20.4%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

Jessup

Population

9,5099,147

Median household income

$105,813$122,574

Median home value

$365,500$437,300

Median gross rent

$1,708$2,056

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)

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
Under 5	4.5%	5.3%
5 to 17	4.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.4%	7.4%
25 to 34	27.8%	17.3%
35 to 44	20.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	14.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	12.9%	16.6%
65 to 74	3.8%	6.2%
75 and over	1.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	26.9%	78.2%
Black or African American	59.9%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	4.8%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.1%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.7%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	20.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	41.0%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	19.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	80.2%	80.7%
Carpooled	4.4%	10.3%
Public transit	6.7%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	48.5%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	13.6%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	19.7%	1.5%
20 or more units	14.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Jessup	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.3%
Average household size	2.41	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	29	31
Median year structure built	2005	1979