Riverside vs Watsontown

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

Riverside and Watsontown 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 1,845 in Watsontown). Riverside has the higher median household income ($79,688 vs $53,355 in Watsontown). Riverside has the higher median home value ($228,400 vs $161,200 in Watsontown).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Watsontown
Population	1,985	1,845
Median age	42.0 yrs	44.3 yrs
Median household income	$79,688	$53,355
Median home value	$228,400	$161,200
Median gross rent	$962	$848
Housing units	842	897
Homeownership rate	85.4%	55.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.7%	15.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Watsontown
Population	2,221 → 1,985 (-10.6%)	2,333 → 1,845 (-20.9%)
Median household income	$67,344 → $79,688 (+18.3%)	$43,947 → $53,355 (+21.4%)
Median home value	$173,900 → $228,400 (+31.3%)	$136,900 → $161,200 (+17.8%)
Median gross rent	$821 → $962 (+17.2%)	$728 → $848 (+16.5%)

Riverside

Population

2,2211,985

Median household income

$67,344$79,688

Median home value

$173,900$228,400

Median gross rent

$821$962

Watsontown

Population

2,3331,845

Median household income

$43,947$53,355

Median home value

$136,900$161,200

Median gross rent

$728$848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Watsontown
Under 5	8.2%	5.8%
5 to 17	13.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	6.1%	5.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	15.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	9.4%
45 to 54	16.7%	9.4%
55 to 64	11.9%	15.8%
65 to 74	10.4%	11.0%
75 and over	7.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Watsontown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.3%	89.8%
Black or African American	1.1%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.7%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Watsontown
No high school diploma	4.7%	8.7%
High school graduate	32.5%	51.4%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	24.4%
Bachelor's degree	25.1%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	6.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Watsontown
Drove alone	75.3%	85.3%
Carpooled	5.8%	3.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	7.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.9%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Watsontown
1-unit, detached	88.6%	60.0%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	11.4%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	20.8%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	5.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	0.5%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Watsontown
Poverty rate	5.6%	14.1%
Average household size	2.40	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1964	1952