Abingdon vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Abingdon and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverside has the higher population (6,149 vs 5,727 in Abingdon). Abingdon has the higher median household income ($147,652 vs $102,262 in Riverside). Abingdon has the higher median home value ($358,700 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Abingdon	Riverside
Population	5,727	6,149
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$147,652	$102,262
Median home value	$358,700	$237,300
Median gross rent	$1,940	$1,805
Housing units	1,863	2,606
Homeownership rate	93.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.1%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Abingdon	Riverside
Population	5,324 → 5,727 (+7.6%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$128,478 → $147,652 (+14.9%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$310,700 → $358,700 (+15.4%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,774 → $1,940 (+9.4%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

Abingdon

Population

5,3245,727

Median household income

$128,478$147,652

Median home value

$310,700$358,700

Median gross rent

$1,774$1,940

Riverside

Population

6,0386,149

Median household income

$76,379$102,262

Median home value

$183,400$237,300

Median gross rent

$1,412$1,805

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Abingdon	Riverside
Under 5	12.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	9.0%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.7%	20.2%
35 to 44	11.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	6.9%	7.7%
75 and over	2.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Abingdon	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	43.0%	64.8%
Black or African American	40.4%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Abingdon	Riverside
No high school diploma	4.4%	3.0%
High school graduate	22.2%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	31.3%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	15.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Abingdon	Riverside
Drove alone	81.9%	80.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	6.9%
Public transit	2.2%	1.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Abingdon	Riverside
1-unit, detached	63.0%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	29.8%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	5.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Abingdon	Riverside
Poverty rate	4.5%	5.3%
Average household size	3.11	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	35	31
Median year structure built	1998	1991