Northumberland vs Riverside

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

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

Northumberland has the higher population (3,874 vs 1,985 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($79,688 vs $57,162 in Northumberland). Riverside has the higher median home value ($228,400 vs $158,200 in Northumberland).

Population, income & housing

	Northumberland	Riverside
Population	3,874	1,985
Median age	41.6 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$57,162	$79,688
Median home value	$158,200	$228,400
Median gross rent	$986	$962
Housing units	1,861	842
Homeownership rate	64.4%	85.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Northumberland	Riverside
Population	3,655 → 3,874 (+6.0%)	2,221 → 1,985 (-10.6%)
Median household income	$59,725 → $57,162 (-4.3%)	$67,344 → $79,688 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$127,500 → $158,200 (+24.1%)	$173,900 → $228,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	$761 → $986 (+29.6%)	$821 → $962 (+17.2%)

Northumberland

Population

3,6553,874

Median household income

$59,725$57,162

Median home value

$127,500$158,200

Median gross rent

$761$986

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)

	Northumberland	Riverside
Under 5	4.1%	8.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.1%
25 to 34	14.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.4%	11.3%
45 to 54	9.7%	16.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	12.8%	10.4%
75 and over	10.9%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Northumberland	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	89.5%	89.3%
Black or African American	0.7%	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	2.6%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.4%	5.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Northumberland	Riverside
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.7%
High school graduate	45.2%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	26.7%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	14.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Northumberland	Riverside
Drove alone	82.3%	75.3%
Carpooled	6.2%	5.8%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	17.7%
Other means	1.6%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Northumberland	Riverside
1-unit, detached	64.1%	88.6%
1-unit, attached	14.7%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	6.7%
5 to 19 units	1.9%	0.8%
20 or more units	4.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Northumberland	Riverside
Poverty rate	18.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.16	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1954	1964