Riverton vs Roebling

A side-by-side comparison of Riverton and Roebling: population, income, housing, and more.

Riverton and Roebling are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Roebling has the higher population (3,591 vs 2,771 in Riverton). Riverton has the higher median household income ($126,818 vs $83,083 in Roebling). Riverton has the higher median home value ($354,900 vs $185,500 in Roebling).

Population, income & housing

	Riverton	Roebling
Population	2,771	3,591
Median age	40.2 yrs	38.7 yrs
Median household income	$126,818	$83,083
Median home value	$354,900	$185,500
Median gross rent	$1,409	$1,835
Housing units	1,049	1,508
Homeownership rate	77.6%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	49.2%	27.5%
Unemployment rate	3.4%	4.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverton	Roebling
Population	2,705 → 2,771 (+2.4%)	3,909 → 3,591 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$106,058 → $126,818 (+19.6%)	$85,815 → $83,083 (-3.2%)
Median home value	$300,500 → $354,900 (+18.1%)	$169,800 → $185,500 (+9.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,379 → $1,409 (+2.2%)	$1,342 → $1,835 (+36.7%)

Riverton

Population

2,7052,771

Median household income

$106,058$126,818

Median home value

$300,500$354,900

Median gross rent

$1,379$1,409

Roebling

Population

3,9093,591

Median household income

$85,815$83,083

Median home value

$169,800$185,500

Median gross rent

$1,342$1,835

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverton	Roebling
Under 5	4.4%	3.9%
5 to 17	17.1%	25.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	15.7%	11.3%
35 to 44	10.5%	16.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.2%
55 to 64	14.4%	9.5%
65 to 74	10.4%	7.7%
75 and over	8.8%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverton	Roebling
White (non-Hispanic)	79.2%	69.8%
Black or African American	4.8%	10.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	1.8%	12.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	6.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverton	Roebling
No high school diploma	1.4%	7.0%
High school graduate	22.8%	36.6%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	29.7%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	19.5%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverton	Roebling
Drove alone	75.7%	80.8%
Carpooled	3.9%	5.3%
Public transit	2.8%	1.8%
Walked	0.3%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.6%	11.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverton	Roebling
1-unit, detached	68.7%	24.6%
1-unit, attached	11.6%	63.7%
2 to 4 units	13.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	6.0%	2.9%
20 or more units	0.7%	3.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverton	Roebling
Poverty rate	2.8%	7.2%
Average household size	2.63	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	28	26
Median year structure built	1938	1938