Riverdale vs White Shield

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

Riverdale and White Shield are places in North Dakota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

White Shield has the higher population (277 vs 187 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($96,667 vs $65,750 in White Shield). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($220,500 vs $200,000 in White Shield).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	White Shield
Population	187	277
Median age	62.9 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$96,667	$65,750
Median home value	$220,500	$200,000
Median gross rent	—	$533
Housing units	232	125
Homeownership rate	83.3%	50.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	White Shield
Population	210 → 187 (-11.0%)	212 → 277 (+30.7%)
Median household income	$65,179 → $96,667 (+48.3%)	$45,000 → $65,750 (+46.1%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $220,500 (+37.9%)	$140,000 → $200,000 (+42.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$475 → $533 (+12.2%)

Riverdale

Population

210187

Median household income

$65,179$96,667

Median home value

$159,900$220,500

White Shield

Population

212277

Median household income

$45,000$65,750

Median home value

$140,000$200,000

Median gross rent

$475$533

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	White Shield
Under 5	3.7%	6.1%
5 to 17	1.1%	23.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.7%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	2.7%	7.6%
45 to 54	7.5%	10.8%
55 to 64	31.0%	6.9%
65 to 74	28.3%	10.5%
75 and over	11.2%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	White Shield
White (non-Hispanic)	98.9%	0.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.1%	92.1%
Asian	0.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	White Shield
No high school diploma	0.0%	9.0%
High school graduate	38.2%	14.1%
Some college or associate's	30.3%	49.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.5%	19.2%
Graduate or professional degree	9.0%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	White Shield
Drove alone	81.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	12.3%	14.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	White Shield
1-unit, detached	84.1%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	3.2%
2 to 4 units	5.2%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.8%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	White Shield
Poverty rate	3.2%	19.1%
Average household size	1.73	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1958	1988