Amherst vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Amherst and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Amherst and Riverdale are places in Nebraska. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverdale has the higher population (291 vs 273 in Amherst). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($81,000 vs $67,917 in Amherst). Amherst has the higher median home value ($169,600 vs $131,300 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Amherst	Riverdale
Population	273	291
Median age	35.8 yrs	28.3 yrs
Median household income	$67,917	$81,000
Median home value	$169,600	$131,300
Median gross rent	$683	$1,125
Housing units	103	84
Homeownership rate	80.2%	92.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	35.9%	27.9%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Amherst	Riverdale
Population	136 → 273 (+100.7%)	302 → 291 (-3.6%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $67,917 (+46.8%)	$63,438 → $81,000 (+27.7%)
Median home value	$92,000 → $169,600 (+84.3%)	$122,500 → $131,300 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$717 → $683 (-4.7%)	$850 → $1,125 (+32.4%)

Amherst

Population

136273

Median household income

$46,250$67,917

Median home value

$92,000$169,600

Median gross rent

$717$683

Riverdale

Population

302291

Median household income

$63,438$81,000

Median home value

$122,500$131,300

Median gross rent

$850$1,125

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Amherst	Riverdale
Under 5	9.2%	2.1%
5 to 17	23.8%	34.7%
18 to 24	4.8%	10.3%
25 to 34	7.7%	10.0%
35 to 44	12.5%	17.2%
45 to 54	12.5%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.9%	7.2%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.8%
75 and over	9.9%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Amherst	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Amherst	Riverdale
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	25.3%	24.7%
Some college or associate's	34.7%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	27.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Amherst	Riverdale
Drove alone	75.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	10.3%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	10.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	4.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Amherst	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	93.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Amherst	Riverdale
Poverty rate	2.9%	3.8%
Average household size	2.70	3.46
Mean commute (minutes)	20	16
Median year structure built	1955	1952