Riverside vs Trotwood

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (24,432 vs 23,041 in Trotwood). Riverside has the higher median household income ($59,271 vs $49,082 in Trotwood). Riverside has the higher median home value ($139,100 vs $99,500 in Trotwood).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Trotwood
Population	24,432	23,041
Median age	35.3 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,271	$49,082
Median home value	$139,100	$99,500
Median gross rent	$1,015	$974
Housing units	11,688	11,746
Homeownership rate	55.3%	59.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	17.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Trotwood
Population	25,093 → 24,432 (-2.6%)	24,375 → 23,041 (-5.5%)
Median household income	$48,626 → $59,271 (+21.9%)	$36,778 → $49,082 (+33.5%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $139,100 (+54.0%)	$72,400 → $99,500 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,015 (+20.5%)	$763 → $974 (+27.7%)

Riverside

Population

25,09324,432

Median household income

$48,626$59,271

Median home value

$90,300$139,100

Median gross rent

$842$1,015

Trotwood

Population

24,37523,041

Median household income

$36,778$49,082

Median home value

$72,400$99,500

Median gross rent

$763$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Trotwood
Under 5	7.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	16.3%	15.3%
18 to 24	9.6%	8.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	10.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.3%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.5%
75 and over	4.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Trotwood
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	27.7%
Black or African American	7.9%	63.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.3%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Trotwood
No high school diploma	11.1%	8.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	37.5%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	36.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Trotwood
Drove alone	79.9%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.3%	11.7%
Public transit	0.2%	3.9%
Walked	1.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	7.6%
Other means	0.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Trotwood
1-unit, detached	62.5%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	11.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	5.1%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Trotwood
Poverty rate	16.6%	21.7%
Average household size	2.28	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	20	25
Median year structure built	1962	1963