Grosse Pointe Park vs Riverview

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

Grosse Pointe Park 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 11,394 in Grosse Pointe Park). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median household income ($121,796 vs $71,783 in Riverview). Grosse Pointe Park has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $200,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
Population	11,394	12,269
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$121,796	$71,783
Median home value	$460,500	$200,500
Median gross rent	$1,365	$1,050
Housing units	4,817	5,333
Homeownership rate	74.0%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.4%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
Population	11,153 → 11,394 (+2.2%)	12,137 → 12,269 (+1.1%)
Median household income	$115,341 → $121,796 (+5.6%)	$58,246 → $71,783 (+23.2%)
Median home value	$358,400 → $460,500 (+28.5%)	$149,400 → $200,500 (+34.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,110 → $1,365 (+23.0%)	$795 → $1,050 (+32.1%)

Grosse Pointe Park

Population

11,15311,394

Median household income

$115,341$121,796

Median home value

$358,400$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,110$1,365

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 Park	Riverview
Under 5	4.2%	7.1%
5 to 17	18.0%	14.7%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	11.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	11.9%
75 and over	6.7%	11.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	83.9%	76.8%
Black or African American	5.3%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	5.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	10.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
No high school diploma	1.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	9.0%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	35.0%
Bachelor's degree	37.5%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	33.9%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
Drove alone	69.0%	78.3%
Carpooled	4.4%	5.8%
Public transit	0.6%	0.5%
Walked	1.4%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	10.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
1-unit, detached	75.3%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	2.9%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	20.6%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	0.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	0.7%	16.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Grosse Pointe Park	Riverview
Poverty rate	5.3%	8.2%
Average household size	2.48	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1938	1969