Fallston vs Riverside

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

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

Fallston has the higher population (9,954 vs 6,149 in Riverside). Fallston has the higher median household income ($154,400 vs $102,262 in Riverside). Fallston has the higher median home value ($529,600 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Fallston	Riverside
Population	9,954	6,149
Median age	47.6 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$154,400	$102,262
Median home value	$529,600	$237,300
Median gross rent	$2,159	$1,805
Housing units	3,470	2,606
Homeownership rate	96.3%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.8%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	0.5%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fallston	Riverside
Population	8,972 → 9,954 (+10.9%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$128,561 → $154,400 (+20.1%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$392,000 → $529,600 (+35.1%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,148 → $2,159 (+88.1%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

Fallston

Population

8,9729,954

Median household income

$128,561$154,400

Median home value

$392,000$529,600

Median gross rent

$1,148$2,159

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)

	Fallston	Riverside
Under 5	3.3%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	13.8%
18 to 24	11.1%	11.9%
25 to 34	5.3%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.7%	11.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	10.8%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.7%
75 and over	7.1%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fallston	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	64.8%
Black or African American	2.3%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.1%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fallston	Riverside
No high school diploma	1.6%	3.0%
High school graduate	23.1%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	22.8%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fallston	Riverside
Drove alone	63.5%	80.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	6.9%
Public transit	1.3%	1.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.5%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fallston	Riverside
1-unit, detached	98.4%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fallston	Riverside
Poverty rate	4.9%	5.3%
Average household size	2.86	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1976	1991