Jarrettsville vs Riverside

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

Jarrettsville 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 2,629 in Jarrettsville). Jarrettsville has the higher median household income ($161,510 vs $102,262 in Riverside). Jarrettsville has the higher median home value ($487,500 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
Population	2,629	6,149
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$161,510	$102,262
Median home value	$487,500	$237,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,805
Housing units	1,007	2,606
Homeownership rate	93.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
Population	3,023 → 2,629 (-13.0%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$118,036 → $161,510 (+36.8%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$439,500 → $487,500 (+10.9%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,258 → $1,543 (+22.7%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

Jarrettsville

Population

3,0232,629

Median household income

$118,036$161,510

Median home value

$439,500$487,500

Median gross rent

$1,258$1,543

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)

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
Under 5	5.4%	5.1%
5 to 17	19.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.4%	11.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.7%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.6%	7.7%
75 and over	6.8%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	64.8%
Black or African American	1.8%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
No high school diploma	3.7%	3.0%
High school graduate	20.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.8%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	30.4%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
Drove alone	75.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	1.9%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.6%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
1-unit, detached	96.0%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Jarrettsville	Riverside
Poverty rate	1.0%	5.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1979	1991