Landing vs Riverdale

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

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

Landing has the higher population (4,499 vs 4,084 in Riverdale). Landing has the higher median household income ($125,407 vs $96,667 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($384,500 vs $382,300 in Landing).

Population, income & housing

	Landing	Riverdale
Population	4,499	4,084
Median age	38.0 yrs	50.2 yrs
Median household income	$125,407	$96,667
Median home value	$382,300	$384,500
Median gross rent	$1,706	$2,351
Housing units	1,626	2,038
Homeownership rate	82.9%	71.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	1.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Landing	Riverdale
Population	4,456 → 4,499 (+1.0%)	4,197 → 4,084 (-2.7%)
Median household income	$95,656 → $125,407 (+31.1%)	$110,664 → $96,667 (-12.6%)
Median home value	$304,400 → $382,300 (+25.6%)	$347,400 → $384,500 (+10.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,256 → $1,706 (+35.8%)	$2,098 → $2,351 (+12.1%)

Landing

Population

4,4564,499

Median household income

$95,656$125,407

Median home value

$304,400$382,300

Median gross rent

$1,256$1,706

Riverdale

Population

4,1974,084

Median household income

$110,664$96,667

Median home value

$347,400$384,500

Median gross rent

$2,098$2,351

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Landing	Riverdale
Under 5	3.0%	3.8%
5 to 17	14.6%	13.5%
18 to 24	18.4%	7.0%
25 to 34	11.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	9.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	13.9%
55 to 64	9.1%	20.2%
65 to 74	12.4%	11.4%
75 and over	4.1%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Landing	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	64.1%	75.2%
Black or African American	7.1%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.8%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	10.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	14.1%	15.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Landing	Riverdale
No high school diploma	4.5%	3.0%
High school graduate	18.6%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	30.6%
Graduate or professional degree	15.3%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Landing	Riverdale
Drove alone	54.5%	81.6%
Carpooled	12.1%	2.6%
Public transit	12.8%	2.2%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.9%	13.7%
Other means	4.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Landing	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	87.5%	38.1%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	2.9%
2 to 4 units	3.1%	9.1%
5 to 19 units	5.6%	10.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	39.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Landing	Riverdale
Poverty rate	9.7%	10.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.05
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1967	1995