Joppatowne vs Riverside

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

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

Joppatowne has the higher population (13,397 vs 6,149 in Riverside). Joppatowne has the higher median household income ($109,589 vs $102,262 in Riverside). Joppatowne has the higher median home value ($315,000 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Joppatowne	Riverside
Population	13,397	6,149
Median age	42.1 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$109,589	$102,262
Median home value	$315,000	$237,300
Median gross rent	$1,600	$1,805
Housing units	5,792	2,606
Homeownership rate	80.0%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Joppatowne	Riverside
Population	12,304 → 13,397 (+8.9%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$89,423 → $109,589 (+22.6%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$260,900 → $315,000 (+20.7%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,161 → $1,600 (+37.8%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

Joppatowne

Population

12,30413,397

Median household income

$89,423$109,589

Median home value

$260,900$315,000

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,600

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)

	Joppatowne	Riverside
Under 5	6.7%	5.1%
5 to 17	11.8%	13.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	11.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	20.2%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	13.4%	10.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.7%
75 and over	7.3%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Joppatowne	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	71.2%	64.8%
Black or African American	19.2%	22.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Joppatowne	Riverside
No high school diploma	6.8%	3.0%
High school graduate	32.9%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	18.0%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.5%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Joppatowne	Riverside
Drove alone	81.7%	80.7%
Carpooled	5.1%	6.9%
Public transit	2.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	10.8%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Joppatowne	Riverside
1-unit, detached	61.9%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	23.6%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	26.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Joppatowne	Riverside
Poverty rate	7.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.52	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1975	1991