Catawba vs Riverview

A side-by-side comparison of Catawba and Riverview: population, income, housing, and more.

Catawba and Riverview are places in South Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverview has the higher population (2,215 vs 1,225 in Catawba). Riverview has the higher median household income ($131,158 vs $55,385 in Catawba). Riverview has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $198,100 in Catawba).

Population, income & housing

	Catawba	Riverview
Population	1,225	2,215
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$55,385	$131,158
Median home value	$198,100	$484,800
Median gross rent	$1,525	$677
Housing units	588	789
Homeownership rate	72.9%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	11.4%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Catawba	Riverview
Population	1,108 → 1,225 (+10.6%)	1,112 → 2,215 (+99.2%)
Median household income	$45,563 → $55,385 (+21.6%)	$110,500 → $131,158 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$79,800 → $198,100 (+148.2%)	$388,900 → $484,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$863 → $1,525 (+76.7%)	$884 → $677 (-23.4%)

Catawba

Population

1,1081,225

Median household income

$45,563$55,385

Median home value

$79,800$198,100

Median gross rent

$863$1,525

Riverview

Population

1,1122,215

Median household income

$110,500$131,158

Median home value

$388,900$484,800

Median gross rent

$884$677

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Catawba	Riverview
Under 5	3.0%	3.2%
5 to 17	24.6%	14.4%
18 to 24	3.3%	10.8%
25 to 34	15.2%	6.0%
35 to 44	13.4%	32.9%
45 to 54	14.3%	13.5%
55 to 64	22.6%	6.1%
65 to 74	2.3%	8.4%
75 and over	1.4%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Catawba	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	78.0%	71.3%
Black or African American	14.0%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Catawba	Riverview
No high school diploma	13.7%	19.1%
High school graduate	31.9%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	21.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Catawba	Riverview
Drove alone	86.3%	56.8%
Carpooled	8.0%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.7%	18.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Catawba	Riverview
1-unit, detached	45.6%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	54.4%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Catawba	Riverview
Poverty rate	17.3%	4.6%
Average household size	2.36	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	38	21
Median year structure built	1994	1997