Fairview-Ferndale vs Riverside

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

Fairview-Ferndale and Riverside are places in Pennsylvania. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverside has the higher population (1,985 vs 1,721 in Fairview-Ferndale). Riverside has the higher median household income ($79,688 vs $36,429 in Fairview-Ferndale). Riverside has the higher median home value ($228,400 vs $77,000 in Fairview-Ferndale).

Population, income & housing

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
Population	1,721	1,985
Median age	56.8 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,429	$79,688
Median home value	$77,000	$228,400
Median gross rent	$730	$962
Housing units	1,142	842
Homeownership rate	86.5%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.4%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
Population	2,036 → 1,721 (-15.5%)	2,221 → 1,985 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$38,323 → $36,429 (-4.9%)	$67,344 → $79,688 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$64,700 → $77,000 (+19.0%)	$173,900 → $228,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$755 → $730 (-3.3%)	$821 → $962 (+17.2%)

Fairview-Ferndale

Population

2,0361,721

Median household income

$38,323$36,429

Median home value

$64,700$77,000

Median gross rent

$755$730

Riverside

Population

2,2211,985

Median household income

$67,344$79,688

Median home value

$173,900$228,400

Median gross rent

$821$962

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
Under 5	2.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	4.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	1.5%	6.1%
25 to 34	11.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.3%
45 to 54	14.6%	16.7%
55 to 64	19.3%	11.9%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.4%
75 and over	18.7%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	97.3%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	1.9%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
No high school diploma	11.4%	4.7%
High school graduate	50.7%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	25.6%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
Drove alone	78.0%	75.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	5.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.9%	17.7%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
1-unit, detached	70.8%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	22.9%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Fairview-Ferndale	Riverside
Poverty rate	13.6%	5.6%
Average household size	1.62	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1938	1964