Linthicum vs Riviera Beach

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

Linthicum 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 10,545 in Linthicum). Linthicum has the higher median household income ($122,424 vs $110,136 in Riviera Beach). Linthicum has the higher median home value ($368,800 vs $334,000 in Riviera Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
Population	10,545	12,608
Median age	39.3 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$122,424	$110,136
Median home value	$368,800	$334,000
Median gross rent	$1,901	$1,945
Housing units	4,412	5,007
Homeownership rate	84.7%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.8%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
Population	10,442 → 10,545 (+1.0%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$96,875 → $122,424 (+26.4%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$305,600 → $368,800 (+20.7%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,529 → $1,901 (+24.3%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

Linthicum

Population

10,44210,545

Median household income

$96,875$122,424

Median home value

$305,600$368,800

Median gross rent

$1,529$1,901

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)

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
Under 5	7.0%	5.3%
5 to 17	15.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.3%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	16.6%
65 to 74	11.0%	6.2%
75 and over	7.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	78.2%
Black or African American	6.5%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.8%
Two or more races	5.0%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	6.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	21.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	17.1%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	76.6%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.4%	10.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	8.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	84.0%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	5.3%	1.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Linthicum	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	21	31
Median year structure built	1959	1979