Mount Penn vs Riverview Park

A side-by-side comparison of Mount Penn and Riverview Park: population, income, housing, and more.

Mount Penn and Riverview Park are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverview Park has the higher population (3,647 vs 3,236 in Mount Penn). Riverview Park has the higher median household income ($111,000 vs $61,544 in Mount Penn). Riverview Park has the higher median home value ($248,100 vs $163,300 in Mount Penn).

Population, income & housing

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
Population	3,236	3,647
Median age	36.0 yrs	41.2 yrs
Median household income	$61,544	$111,000
Median home value	$163,300	$248,100
Median gross rent	$940	$1,403
Housing units	1,409	1,384
Homeownership rate	63.3%	90.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.0%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
Population	3,126 → 3,236 (+3.5%)	2,620 → 3,647 (+39.2%)
Median household income	$47,455 → $61,544 (+29.7%)	$71,058 → $111,000 (+56.2%)
Median home value	$110,700 → $163,300 (+47.5%)	$185,500 → $248,100 (+33.7%)
Median gross rent	$997 → $940 (-5.7%)	$1,440 → $1,403 (-2.6%)

Mount Penn

Population

3,1263,236

Median household income

$47,455$61,544

Median home value

$110,700$163,300

Median gross rent

$997$940

Riverview Park

Population

2,6203,647

Median household income

$71,058$111,000

Median home value

$185,500$248,100

Median gross rent

$1,440$1,403

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
Under 5	3.0%	8.7%
5 to 17	20.5%	10.3%
18 to 24	11.6%	5.2%
25 to 34	14.5%	13.9%
35 to 44	12.9%	16.6%
45 to 54	12.3%	10.0%
55 to 64	3.7%	17.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	8.3%
75 and over	9.5%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
White (non-Hispanic)	56.1%	66.5%
Black or African American	6.8%	8.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	28.4%	13.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
No high school diploma	9.4%	7.1%
High school graduate	46.1%	31.8%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	21.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
Drove alone	69.1%	78.8%
Carpooled	9.8%	14.3%
Public transit	1.6%	0.0%
Walked	8.2%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.8%	3.5%
Other means	0.4%	3.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
1-unit, detached	33.8%	88.9%
1-unit, attached	39.7%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	10.6%	5.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Mount Penn	Riverview Park
Poverty rate	12.9%	2.5%
Average household size	2.45	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	21	21
Median year structure built	1941	1972