New Waverly vs Riverside

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

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

New Waverly has the higher population (1,311 vs 915 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($67,917 vs $47,589 in New Waverly). Riverside has the higher median home value ($192,900 vs $188,000 in New Waverly).

Population, income & housing

	New Waverly	Riverside
Population	1,311	915
Median age	32.4 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$47,589	$67,917
Median home value	$188,000	$192,900
Median gross rent	$1,049	$991
Housing units	535	472
Homeownership rate	65.0%	45.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.9%	20.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	New Waverly	Riverside
Population	1,142 → 1,311 (+14.8%)	494 → 915 (+85.2%)
Median household income	$33,700 → $47,589 (+41.2%)	$47,250 → $67,917 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$113,000 → $188,000 (+66.4%)	$156,300 → $192,900 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$790 → $1,049 (+32.8%)	$868 → $991 (+14.2%)

New Waverly

Population

1,1421,311

Median household income

$33,700$47,589

Median home value

$113,000$188,000

Median gross rent

$790$1,049

Riverside

Population

494915

Median household income

$47,250$67,917

Median home value

$156,300$192,900

Median gross rent

$868$991

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	New Waverly	Riverside
Under 5	5.8%	14.4%
5 to 17	24.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	4.9%	2.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	12.7%
35 to 44	10.5%	21.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	20.8%
55 to 64	16.3%	5.2%
65 to 74	3.9%	5.8%
75 and over	8.0%	1.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	New Waverly	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	68.3%	82.4%
Black or African American	9.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	5.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	7.8%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	15.2%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	New Waverly	Riverside
No high school diploma	8.2%	14.3%
High school graduate	53.0%	19.6%
Some college or associate's	22.9%	45.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.3%	15.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	New Waverly	Riverside
Drove alone	73.8%	90.0%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	0.0%
Other means	11.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	New Waverly	Riverside
1-unit, detached	70.1%	43.0%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.5%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.5%	55.7%

Poverty & households

	New Waverly	Riverside
Poverty rate	25.3%	11.9%
Average household size	3.12	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	31	40
Median year structure built	1982	2000