East Riverdale vs Hyattsville

A side-by-side comparison of East Riverdale and Hyattsville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hyattsville has the higher population (20,861 vs 19,043 in East Riverdale). Hyattsville has the higher median household income ($94,231 vs $82,401 in East Riverdale). Hyattsville has the higher median home value ($463,500 vs $346,700 in East Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
Population	19,043	20,861
Median age	29.7 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$82,401	$94,231
Median home value	$346,700	$463,500
Median gross rent	$1,649	$1,831
Housing units	4,992	8,339
Homeownership rate	51.9%	48.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.4%	48.6%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
Population	16,416 → 19,043 (+16.0%)	18,242 → 20,861 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$63,712 → $82,401 (+29.3%)	$81,736 → $94,231 (+15.3%)
Median home value	$249,700 → $346,700 (+38.8%)	$336,300 → $463,500 (+37.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,346 → $1,649 (+22.5%)	$1,433 → $1,831 (+27.8%)

East Riverdale

Population

16,41619,043

Median household income

$63,712$82,401

Median home value

$249,700$346,700

Median gross rent

$1,346$1,649

Hyattsville

Population

18,24220,861

Median household income

$81,736$94,231

Median home value

$336,300$463,500

Median gross rent

$1,433$1,831

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
Under 5	9.1%	6.8%
5 to 17	23.4%	13.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.6%	23.3%
35 to 44	14.6%	18.1%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.3%
55 to 64	7.5%	8.9%
65 to 74	5.2%	8.0%
75 and over	1.7%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
White (non-Hispanic)	5.7%	25.3%
Black or African American	17.9%	24.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	3.4%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	70.5%	40.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
No high school diploma	38.7%	21.6%
High school graduate	26.8%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	19.1%	15.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.5%	20.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	28.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
Drove alone	53.9%	50.1%
Carpooled	21.2%	6.7%
Public transit	10.3%	15.9%
Walked	0.9%	3.1%
Bicycle	1.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	22.0%
Other means	7.3%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
1-unit, detached	52.1%	39.7%
1-unit, attached	9.6%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	22.3%	19.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	26.3%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Riverdale	Hyattsville
Poverty rate	22.8%	10.8%
Average household size	3.94	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	34	35
Median year structure built	1960	1963