Riverside vs Weston

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (4,153 vs 1,852 in Weston). Weston has the higher median household income ($91,625 vs $50,882 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($314,600 vs $246,000 in Weston).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Weston
Population	4,153	1,852
Median age	34.2 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,882	$91,625
Median home value	$314,600	$246,000
Median gross rent	$917	$925
Housing units	1,684	856
Homeownership rate	42.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.5%	39.4%
Unemployment rate	6.2%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Weston
Population	3,342 → 4,153 (+24.3%)	1,728 → 1,852 (+7.2%)
Median household income	$34,309 → $50,882 (+48.3%)	$68,000 → $91,625 (+34.7%)
Median home value	$224,400 → $314,600 (+40.2%)	$176,000 → $246,000 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $917 (+25.3%)	$835 → $925 (+10.8%)

Riverside

Population

3,3424,153

Median household income

$34,309$50,882

Median home value

$224,400$314,600

Median gross rent

$732$917

Weston

Population

1,7281,852

Median household income

$68,000$91,625

Median home value

$176,000$246,000

Median gross rent

$835$925

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Weston
Under 5	6.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	16.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.3%
25 to 34	18.6%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	13.6%
45 to 54	10.9%	12.3%
55 to 64	10.4%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.4%	12.1%
75 and over	5.0%	10.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Weston
White (non-Hispanic)	70.6%	90.8%
Black or African American	16.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	2.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	2.1%	5.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.6%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Weston
No high school diploma	4.6%	3.8%
High school graduate	29.0%	30.6%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.0%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	12.5%	20.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Weston
Drove alone	66.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	9.8%	4.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	7.4%
Other means	2.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Weston
1-unit, detached	42.6%	82.9%
1-unit, attached	8.0%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	16.6%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	28.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	4.2%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Weston
Poverty rate	21.1%	4.7%
Average household size	2.48	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	18	29
Median year structure built	1976	1972