Elm Hall vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Elm Hall and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Elm Hall and Riverdale are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverdale has the higher population (262 vs 224 in Elm Hall). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($85,500 vs $79,000 in Elm Hall). Since 2019, Elm Hall's population has grown faster (+35.8% vs -11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
Population	224	262
Median age	39.6 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$19,688	—
Median home value	$79,000	$85,500
Housing units	125	149
Homeownership rate	73.3%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	2.0%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
Population	165 → 224 (+35.8%)	296 → 262 (-11.5%)
Median household income	—	$35,446 → $39,219 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$84,200 → $79,000 (-6.2%)	$53,600 → $85,500 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$544 → $539 (-0.9%)	—

Elm Hall

Population

165224

Median home value

$84,200$79,000

Median gross rent

$544$539

Riverdale

Population

296262

Median household income

$35,446$39,219

Median home value

$53,600$85,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	27.2%	21.0%
18 to 24	4.5%	14.5%
25 to 34	5.4%	4.2%
35 to 44	23.2%	7.3%
45 to 54	7.1%	19.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.4%	16.8%
75 and over	16.5%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	94.6%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
No high school diploma	17.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	66.0%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.0%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
Drove alone	100.0%	54.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	23.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	73.6%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.4%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Elm Hall	Riverdale
Poverty rate	62.7%	36.3%
Average household size	2.32	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	65	19
Median year structure built	1959	1970