Kingsville vs Riviera

A side-by-side comparison of Kingsville and Riviera: population, income, housing, and more.

Kingsville and Riviera are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kingsville has the higher population (25,061 vs 730 in Riviera). Riviera has the higher median household income ($71,474 vs $55,649 in Kingsville). Kingsville has the higher median home value ($134,600 vs $101,300 in Riviera).

Population, income & housing

	Kingsville	Riviera
Population	25,061	730
Median age	27.5 yrs	40.0 yrs
Median household income	$55,649	$71,474
Median home value	$134,600	$101,300
Median gross rent	$1,021	—
Housing units	11,353	413
Homeownership rate	45.3%	87.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.5%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	8.5%	6.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kingsville	Riviera
Population	25,605 → 25,061 (-2.1%)	616 → 730 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$42,452 → $55,649 (+31.1%)	$53,636 → $71,474 (+33.3%)
Median home value	$89,600 → $134,600 (+50.2%)	$59,700 → $101,300 (+69.7%)
Median gross rent	$857 → $1,021 (+19.1%)	—

Kingsville

Population

25,60525,061

Median household income

$42,452$55,649

Median home value

$89,600$134,600

Median gross rent

$857$1,021

Riviera

Population

616730

Median household income

$53,636$71,474

Median home value

$59,700$101,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kingsville	Riviera
Under 5	6.9%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	21.9%
18 to 24	21.9%	7.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	6.7%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.5%
45 to 54	8.4%	13.6%
55 to 64	7.8%	19.0%
65 to 74	6.8%	10.3%
75 and over	5.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kingsville	Riviera
White (non-Hispanic)	18.7%	28.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	5.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	72.7%	66.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kingsville	Riviera
No high school diploma	15.8%	13.2%
High school graduate	33.9%	47.7%
Some college or associate's	27.8%	13.7%
Bachelor's degree	14.5%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	14.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kingsville	Riviera
Drove alone	75.3%	73.6%
Carpooled	13.2%	5.2%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	3.4%	8.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	6.1%
Other means	1.6%	6.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kingsville	Riviera
1-unit, detached	61.2%	72.2%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	11.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	27.8%

Poverty & households

	Kingsville	Riviera
Poverty rate	31.0%	3.3%
Average household size	2.42	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1976	1996