Kulpmont vs Riverside

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

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

Kulpmont has the higher population (2,735 vs 1,985 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($79,688 vs $51,066 in Kulpmont). Riverside has the higher median home value ($228,400 vs $76,800 in Kulpmont).

Population, income & housing

	Kulpmont	Riverside
Population	2,735	1,985
Median age	41.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$51,066	$79,688
Median home value	$76,800	$228,400
Median gross rent	$807	$962
Housing units	1,385	842
Homeownership rate	78.0%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kulpmont	Riverside
Population	2,800 → 2,735 (-2.3%)	2,221 → 1,985 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$54,455 → $51,066 (-6.2%)	$67,344 → $79,688 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$66,200 → $76,800 (+16.0%)	$173,900 → $228,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $807 (+13.3%)	$821 → $962 (+17.2%)

Kulpmont

Population

2,8002,735

Median household income

$54,455$51,066

Median home value

$66,200$76,800

Median gross rent

$712$807

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)

	Kulpmont	Riverside
Under 5	4.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.8%	6.1%
25 to 34	16.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	18.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.3%	10.4%
75 and over	8.4%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kulpmont	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	86.5%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	0.3%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kulpmont	Riverside
No high school diploma	7.7%	4.7%
High school graduate	42.8%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	7.4%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kulpmont	Riverside
Drove alone	83.5%	75.3%
Carpooled	15.1%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.4%	17.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kulpmont	Riverside
1-unit, detached	39.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	46.4%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.2%	0.8%
20 or more units	6.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Kulpmont	Riverside
Poverty rate	7.7%	5.6%
Average household size	2.18	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1948	1964