Ithaca vs Riverdale

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

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

Ithaca has the higher population (2,831 vs 262 in Riverdale). Ithaca has the higher median home value ($126,600 vs $85,500 in Riverdale). Since 2019, Ithaca's population has grown faster (+1.2% vs -11.5%).

Population, income & housing

	Ithaca	Riverdale
Population	2,831	262
Median age	42.7 yrs	45.3 yrs
Median household income	$62,375	—
Median home value	$126,600	$85,500
Median gross rent	$802	—
Housing units	1,240	149
Homeownership rate	71.1%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	13.6%
Unemployment rate	1.7%	10.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ithaca	Riverdale
Population	2,797 → 2,831 (+1.2%)	296 → 262 (-11.5%)
Median household income	$48,229 → $62,375 (+29.3%)	$35,446 → $39,219 (+10.6%)
Median home value	$88,800 → $126,600 (+42.6%)	$53,600 → $85,500 (+59.5%)
Median gross rent	$699 → $802 (+14.7%)	—

Ithaca

Population

2,7972,831

Median household income

$48,229$62,375

Median home value

$88,800$126,600

Median gross rent

$699$802

Riverdale

Population

296262

Median household income

$35,446$39,219

Median home value

$53,600$85,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ithaca	Riverdale
Under 5	6.7%	0.0%
5 to 17	10.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	14.2%	14.5%
25 to 34	14.6%	4.2%
35 to 44	10.1%	7.3%
45 to 54	13.8%	19.8%
55 to 64	16.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	5.5%	16.8%
75 and over	8.4%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ithaca	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	91.2%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.0%	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	3.9%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	5.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ithaca	Riverdale
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	35.4%	29.6%
Some college or associate's	28.7%	52.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.3%	11.8%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ithaca	Riverdale
Drove alone	89.8%	54.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	23.4%
Public transit	3.4%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	9.0%
Bicycle	2.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ithaca	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	68.8%	87.2%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.8%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Ithaca	Riverdale
Poverty rate	19.2%	36.3%
Average household size	2.35	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	22	19
Median year structure built	1957	1970