Riverside vs Westhampton

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

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

Westhampton has the higher population (3,702 vs 3,538 in Riverside). Westhampton has the higher median household income ($131,125 vs $41,397 in Riverside). Since 2019, Riverside's population has grown faster (+49.8% vs +41.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Westhampton
Population	3,538	3,702
Median age	34.1 yrs	50.7 yrs
Median household income	$41,397	$131,125
Median home value	—	$980,400
Median gross rent	$2,612	$1,872
Housing units	1,056	2,166
Homeownership rate	70.4%	92.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.4%	52.0%
Unemployment rate	16.4%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Westhampton
Population	2,362 → 3,538 (+49.8%)	2,623 → 3,702 (+41.1%)
Median household income	$42,986 → $41,397 (-3.7%)	$115,188 → $131,125 (+13.8%)
Median home value	—	$735,600 → $980,400 (+33.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,528 → $2,612 (+70.9%)	$1,798 → $1,872 (+4.1%)

Riverside

Population

2,3623,538

Median household income

$42,986$41,397

Median gross rent

$1,528$2,612

Westhampton

Population

2,6233,702

Median household income

$115,188$131,125

Median home value

$735,600$980,400

Median gross rent

$1,798$1,872

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Westhampton
Under 5	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	14.1%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.2%	7.6%
25 to 34	27.9%	6.2%
35 to 44	13.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.9%	8.3%
55 to 64	12.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	7.8%	18.0%
75 and over	1.2%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Westhampton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.8%	73.8%
Black or African American	18.7%	6.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.9%
Two or more races	0.8%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.0%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Westhampton
No high school diploma	20.8%	7.7%
High school graduate	38.0%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	15.8%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	17.8%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	27.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Westhampton
Drove alone	77.3%	62.4%
Carpooled	4.5%	5.6%
Public transit	3.5%	9.8%
Walked	13.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.6%	17.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Westhampton
1-unit, detached	42.0%	81.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	7.8%
2 to 4 units	13.1%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	0.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	43.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Westhampton
Poverty rate	26.0%	5.5%
Average household size	2.61	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	40	25
Median year structure built	1976	1982