Perryman vs Riverside

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

Perryman 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 2,366 in Perryman). Riverside has the higher median household income ($102,262 vs $43,000 in Perryman). Perryman has the higher median home value ($268,800 vs $237,300 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Perryman	Riverside
Population	2,366	6,149
Median age	32.8 yrs	34.5 yrs
Median household income	$43,000	$102,262
Median home value	$268,800	$237,300
Median gross rent	$744	$1,805
Housing units	1,158	2,606
Homeownership rate	50.4%	62.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	41.3%
Unemployment rate	20.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perryman	Riverside
Population	2,412 → 2,366 (-1.9%)	6,038 → 6,149 (+1.8%)
Median household income	$56,830 → $43,000 (-24.3%)	$76,379 → $102,262 (+33.9%)
Median home value	$219,200 → $268,800 (+22.6%)	$183,400 → $237,300 (+29.4%)
Median gross rent	$710 → $744 (+4.8%)	$1,412 → $1,805 (+27.8%)

Perryman

Population

2,4122,366

Median household income

$56,830$43,000

Median home value

$219,200$268,800

Median gross rent

$710$744

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)

	Perryman	Riverside
Under 5	8.1%	5.1%
5 to 17	12.5%	13.8%
18 to 24	12.6%	11.9%
25 to 34	19.6%	20.2%
35 to 44	5.4%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.8%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	7.7%
75 and over	8.6%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perryman	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	51.4%	64.8%
Black or African American	38.4%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	7.4%	6.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perryman	Riverside
No high school diploma	9.0%	3.0%
High school graduate	49.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	34.3%
Bachelor's degree	8.3%	26.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perryman	Riverside
Drove alone	78.0%	80.7%
Carpooled	13.5%	6.9%
Public transit	0.0%	1.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	10.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perryman	Riverside
1-unit, detached	46.7%	20.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	49.4%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	28.2%	26.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	15.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perryman	Riverside
Poverty rate	36.3%	5.3%
Average household size	2.18	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1983	1991