Grosse Pointe Farms vs Riverview

A side-by-side comparison of Grosse Pointe Farms and Riverview: population, income, housing, and more.

Grosse Pointe Farms and Riverview are places in Michigan. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverview has the higher population (12,269 vs 9,957 in Grosse Pointe Farms). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median household income ($160,589 vs $71,783 in Riverview). Grosse Pointe Farms has the higher median home value ($418,600 vs $200,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
Population	9,957	12,269
Median age	51.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$160,589	$71,783
Median home value	$418,600	$200,500
Median gross rent	$1,500	$1,050
Housing units	4,289	5,333
Homeownership rate	95.8%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	78.9%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
Population	9,168 → 9,957 (+8.6%)	12,137 → 12,269 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$143,711 → $160,589 (+11.7%)	$58,246 → $71,783 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$355,400 → $418,600 (+17.8%)	$149,400 → $200,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,418 → $1,500 (+5.8%)	$795 → $1,050 (+32.1%)

Grosse Pointe Farms

Population

9,1689,957

Median household income

$143,711$160,589

Median home value

$355,400$418,600

Median gross rent

$1,418$1,500

Riverview

Population

12,13712,269

Median household income

$58,246$71,783

Median home value

$149,400$200,500

Median gross rent

$795$1,050

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
Under 5	6.5%	7.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	14.7%
18 to 24	5.0%	9.1%
25 to 34	5.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	10.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	20.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	12.0%	11.9%
75 and over	11.3%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	89.8%	76.8%
Black or African American	1.0%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
No high school diploma	1.8%	6.2%
High school graduate	5.5%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	13.7%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	42.4%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
Drove alone	71.1%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.6%	5.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	1.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.4%	10.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
1-unit, detached	96.3%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Farms	Riverview
Poverty rate	2.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.36	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1947	1969