Parkville vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Parkville and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Parkville and Riverside are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkville has the higher population (8,022 vs 4,153 in Riverside). Parkville has the higher median household income ($170,794 vs $50,882 in Riverside). Parkville has the higher median home value ($557,100 vs $314,600 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Parkville	Riverside
Population	8,022	4,153
Median age	38.8 yrs	34.2 yrs
Median household income	$170,794	$50,882
Median home value	$557,100	$314,600
Median gross rent	$1,078	$917
Housing units	3,079	1,684
Homeownership rate	80.5%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.4%	39.5%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Parkville	Riverside
Population	6,724 → 8,022 (+19.3%)	3,342 → 4,153 (+24.3%)
Median household income	$136,389 → $170,794 (+25.2%)	$34,309 → $50,882 (+48.3%)
Median home value	$411,600 → $557,100 (+35.3%)	$224,400 → $314,600 (+40.2%)
Median gross rent	$714 → $1,078 (+51.0%)	$732 → $917 (+25.3%)

Parkville

Population

6,7248,022

Median household income

$136,389$170,794

Median home value

$411,600$557,100

Median gross rent

$714$1,078

Riverside

Population

3,3424,153

Median household income

$34,309$50,882

Median home value

$224,400$314,600

Median gross rent

$732$917

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Parkville	Riverside
Under 5	6.1%	6.6%
5 to 17	20.3%	16.7%
18 to 24	10.2%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	18.6%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.0%
45 to 54	17.3%	10.9%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.4%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.4%
75 and over	3.3%	5.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Parkville	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	70.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	16.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	8.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Parkville	Riverside
No high school diploma	2.9%	4.6%
High school graduate	7.1%	29.0%
Some college or associate's	19.6%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	40.3%	27.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.1%	12.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Parkville	Riverside
Drove alone	78.6%	66.1%
Carpooled	1.7%	9.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.0%	21.4%
Other means	1.4%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Parkville	Riverside
1-unit, detached	74.2%	42.6%
1-unit, attached	4.6%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	15.8%	16.6%
5 to 19 units	2.4%	28.1%
20 or more units	3.0%	4.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Parkville	Riverside
Poverty rate	1.9%	21.1%
Average household size	2.79	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2001	1976