Riverview vs Woodhaven

A side-by-side comparison of Riverview and Woodhaven: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Woodhaven has the higher population (12,761 vs 12,269 in Riverview). Woodhaven has the higher median household income ($83,291 vs $71,783 in Riverview). Woodhaven has the higher median home value ($221,200 vs $200,500 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Riverview	Woodhaven
Population	12,269	12,761
Median age	41.2 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$71,783	$83,291
Median home value	$200,500	$221,200
Median gross rent	$1,050	$1,015
Housing units	5,333	5,451
Homeownership rate	63.5%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.3%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverview	Woodhaven
Population	12,137 → 12,269 (+1.1%)	12,518 → 12,761 (+1.9%)
Median household income	$58,246 → $71,783 (+23.2%)	$64,501 → $83,291 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$149,400 → $200,500 (+34.2%)	$159,800 → $221,200 (+38.4%)
Median gross rent	$795 → $1,050 (+32.1%)	$844 → $1,015 (+20.3%)

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

Woodhaven

Population

12,51812,761

Median household income

$64,501$83,291

Median home value

$159,800$221,200

Median gross rent

$844$1,015

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverview	Woodhaven
Under 5	7.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.7%	14.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	6.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	11.0%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	11.9%	15.0%
75 and over	11.3%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverview	Woodhaven
White (non-Hispanic)	76.8%	78.4%
Black or African American	8.2%	7.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverview	Woodhaven
No high school diploma	6.2%	5.9%
High school graduate	33.6%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	35.0%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverview	Woodhaven
Drove alone	78.3%	78.1%
Carpooled	5.8%	9.6%
Public transit	0.5%	0.2%
Walked	2.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	10.3%	9.5%
Other means	2.8%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverview	Woodhaven
1-unit, detached	65.0%	62.5%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	20.4%
20 or more units	16.4%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	3.6%

Poverty & households

	Riverview	Woodhaven
Poverty rate	8.2%	12.1%
Average household size	2.38	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1969	1979