Riverside vs Vandalia

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

Riverside and Vandalia 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 15,100 in Vandalia). Vandalia has the higher median household income ($76,290 vs $59,271 in Riverside). Vandalia has the higher median home value ($186,500 vs $139,100 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Vandalia
Population	24,432	15,100
Median age	35.3 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,271	$76,290
Median home value	$139,100	$186,500
Median gross rent	$1,015	$863
Housing units	11,688	6,841
Homeownership rate	55.3%	61.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.7%	26.3%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Vandalia
Population	25,093 → 24,432 (-2.6%)	15,045 → 15,100 (+0.4%)
Median household income	$48,626 → $59,271 (+21.9%)	$58,277 → $76,290 (+30.9%)
Median home value	$90,300 → $139,100 (+54.0%)	$143,200 → $186,500 (+30.2%)
Median gross rent	$842 → $1,015 (+20.5%)	$721 → $863 (+19.7%)

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

Vandalia

Population

15,04515,100

Median household income

$58,277$76,290

Median home value

$143,200$186,500

Median gross rent

$721$863

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Vandalia
Under 5	7.9%	6.7%
5 to 17	16.3%	14.0%
18 to 24	9.6%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.7%	12.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.7%	13.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.0%	9.0%
75 and over	4.8%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Vandalia
White (non-Hispanic)	77.7%	84.0%
Black or African American	7.9%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.6%
Two or more races	6.7%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Vandalia
No high school diploma	11.1%	5.7%
High school graduate	30.6%	31.0%
Some college or associate's	36.6%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Vandalia
Drove alone	79.9%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	7.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.0%	8.1%
Other means	0.4%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Vandalia
1-unit, detached	62.5%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	14.1%	4.6%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	15.7%
5 to 19 units	6.9%	10.4%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Vandalia
Poverty rate	16.6%	8.8%
Average household size	2.28	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1962	1972