Bel-Ridge vs Riverview

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

Bel-Ridge and Riverview are places in Missouri. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Bel-Ridge has the higher population (2,714 vs 2,688 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($53,506 vs $39,878 in Bel-Ridge). Bel-Ridge has the higher median home value ($88,900 vs $74,000 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
Population	2,714	2,688
Median age	31.6 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$39,878	$53,506
Median home value	$88,900	$74,000
Median gross rent	$945	$791
Housing units	1,261	1,652
Homeownership rate	49.7%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.7%	11.6%
Unemployment rate	14.7%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
Population	2,703 → 2,714 (+0.4%)	2,863 → 2,688 (-6.1%)
Median household income	$32,448 → $39,878 (+22.9%)	$43,119 → $53,506 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$64,400 → $88,900 (+38.0%)	$55,500 → $74,000 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $945 (+12.4%)	$752 → $791 (+5.2%)

Bel-Ridge

Population

2,7032,714

Median household income

$32,448$39,878

Median home value

$64,400$88,900

Median gross rent

$841$945

Riverview

Population

2,8632,688

Median household income

$43,119$53,506

Median home value

$55,500$74,000

Median gross rent

$752$791

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
Under 5	4.3%	5.0%
5 to 17	29.2%	14.8%
18 to 24	9.8%	19.6%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	12.9%	12.8%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	10.8%	20.7%
65 to 74	6.4%	4.8%
75 and over	3.2%	2.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	12.6%	21.2%
Black or African American	70.0%	72.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	3.1%
Two or more races	11.5%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.0%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
No high school diploma	15.1%	11.4%
High school graduate	35.0%	20.6%
Some college or associate's	40.1%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.9%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
Drove alone	77.9%	78.1%
Carpooled	4.9%	7.4%
Public transit	10.2%	3.6%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.6%	9.3%
Other means	1.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
1-unit, detached	75.7%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.5%	16.9%
5 to 19 units	12.2%	13.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.4%
Mobile home & other	2.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bel-Ridge	Riverview
Poverty rate	16.9%	16.3%
Average household size	2.63	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1963