Riegelsville vs Silverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Riegelsville and Silverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

Riegelsville and Silverdale are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Silverdale has the higher population (1,068 vs 823 in Riegelsville). Silverdale has the higher median household income ($102,500 vs $92,917 in Riegelsville). Riegelsville has the higher median home value ($317,500 vs $310,200 in Silverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
Population	823	1,068
Median age	48.9 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$92,917	$102,500
Median home value	$317,500	$310,200
Median gross rent	$1,231	$1,558
Housing units	411	388
Homeownership rate	77.6%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.2%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
Population	811 → 823 (+1.5%)	659 → 1,068 (+62.1%)
Median household income	$75,417 → $92,917 (+23.2%)	$85,729 → $102,500 (+19.6%)
Median home value	$244,500 → $317,500 (+29.9%)	$287,000 → $310,200 (+8.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,184 → $1,231 (+4.0%)	$1,288 → $1,558 (+21.0%)

Riegelsville

Population

811823

Median household income

$75,417$92,917

Median home value

$244,500$317,500

Median gross rent

$1,184$1,231

Silverdale

Population

6591,068

Median household income

$85,729$102,500

Median home value

$287,000$310,200

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,558

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
Under 5	5.3%	6.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	23.4%
18 to 24	6.6%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	9.9%
35 to 44	8.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.0%
55 to 64	15.8%	15.4%
65 to 74	13.9%	11.3%
75 and over	13.4%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
No high school diploma	1.9%	1.1%
High school graduate	29.6%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	35.4%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	12.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
Drove alone	84.6%	85.4%
Carpooled	2.5%	1.0%
Public transit	1.4%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.2%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
1-unit, detached	70.8%	70.4%
1-unit, attached	12.7%	25.3%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	1.7%	3.6%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riegelsville	Silverdale
Poverty rate	6.1%	0.9%
Average household size	2.17	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1938	1982