Lesslie vs Riverview

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

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

Lesslie has the higher population (3,202 vs 2,215 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($131,158 vs $86,500 in Lesslie). Riverview has the higher median home value ($484,800 vs $240,300 in Lesslie).

Population, income & housing

	Lesslie	Riverview
Population	3,202	2,215
Median age	37.9 yrs	40.8 yrs
Median household income	$86,500	$131,158
Median home value	$240,300	$484,800
Median gross rent	—	$677
Housing units	1,152	789
Homeownership rate	93.5%	64.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.0%	30.6%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	13.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lesslie	Riverview
Population	3,013 → 3,202 (+6.3%)	1,112 → 2,215 (+99.2%)
Median household income	$70,265 → $86,500 (+23.1%)	$110,500 → $131,158 (+18.7%)
Median home value	$173,200 → $240,300 (+38.7%)	$388,900 → $484,800 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$950 → $985 (+3.7%)	$884 → $677 (-23.4%)

Lesslie

Population

3,0133,202

Median household income

$70,265$86,500

Median home value

$173,200$240,300

Median gross rent

$950$985

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)

	Lesslie	Riverview
Under 5	2.2%	3.2%
5 to 17	24.0%	14.4%
18 to 24	7.8%	10.8%
25 to 34	14.5%	6.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	32.9%
45 to 54	15.2%	13.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	6.1%
65 to 74	6.8%	8.4%
75 and over	3.7%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lesslie	Riverview
White (non-Hispanic)	82.6%	71.3%
Black or African American	14.5%	13.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.9%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lesslie	Riverview
No high school diploma	10.1%	19.1%
High school graduate	37.8%	31.5%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	18.8%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lesslie	Riverview
Drove alone	85.1%	56.8%
Carpooled	1.5%	23.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	18.5%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lesslie	Riverview
1-unit, detached	81.9%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	31.6%

Poverty & households

	Lesslie	Riverview
Poverty rate	4.0%	4.6%
Average household size	2.87	2.81
Mean commute (minutes)	25	21
Median year structure built	1994	1997