Parole vs Riviera Beach

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

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

Parole has the higher population (17,910 vs 12,608 in Riviera Beach). Parole has the higher median household income ($119,591 vs $110,136 in Riviera Beach). Parole has the higher median home value ($521,100 vs $334,000 in Riviera Beach).

Population, income & housing

	Parole	Riviera Beach
Population	17,910	12,608
Median age	52.9 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$119,591	$110,136
Median home value	$521,100	$334,000
Median gross rent	$2,187	$1,945
Housing units	10,037	5,007
Homeownership rate	63.2%	82.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.9%	32.7%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parole	Riviera Beach
Population	17,074 → 17,910 (+4.9%)	12,658 → 12,608 (-0.4%)
Median household income	$104,006 → $119,591 (+15.0%)	$96,359 → $110,136 (+14.3%)
Median home value	$454,300 → $521,100 (+14.7%)	$268,100 → $334,000 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,877 → $2,187 (+16.5%)	$1,801 → $1,945 (+8.0%)

Parole

Population

17,07417,910

Median household income

$104,006$119,591

Median home value

$454,300$521,100

Median gross rent

$1,877$2,187

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)

	Parole	Riviera Beach
Under 5	2.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	7.2%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.5%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	10.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.3%	6.2%
75 and over	18.1%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parole	Riviera Beach
White (non-Hispanic)	79.7%	78.2%
Black or African American	7.2%	7.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.5%	7.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.3%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parole	Riviera Beach
No high school diploma	3.2%	6.2%
High school graduate	13.4%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	18.2%
Graduate or professional degree	32.3%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parole	Riviera Beach
Drove alone	68.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	10.3%
Public transit	4.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.9%	8.5%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parole	Riviera Beach
1-unit, detached	35.0%	51.3%
1-unit, attached	24.3%	44.4%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.6%	1.5%
20 or more units	21.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Parole	Riviera Beach
Poverty rate	5.2%	4.3%
Average household size	1.80	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	32	31
Median year structure built	1992	1979