Bear River City vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Bear River City and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Bear River City and Riverside are places in Utah. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Riverside has the higher population (1,238 vs 863 in Bear River City). Bear River City has the higher median household income ($87,917 vs $71,952 in Riverside). Bear River City has the higher median home value ($381,500 vs $380,600 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Bear River City	Riverside
Population	863	1,238
Median age	37.1 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$87,917	$71,952
Median home value	$381,500	$380,600
Median gross rent	$1,579	—
Housing units	289	387
Homeownership rate	85.2%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bear River City	Riverside
Population	745 → 863 (+15.8%)	810 → 1,238 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$69,375 → $87,917 (+26.7%)	$95,568 → $71,952 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$190,600 → $381,500 (+100.2%)	$168,300 → $380,600 (+126.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,375 → $1,579 (+14.8%)	—

Bear River City

Population

745863

Median household income

$69,375$87,917

Median home value

$190,600$381,500

Median gross rent

$1,375$1,579

Riverside

Population

8101,238

Median household income

$95,568$71,952

Median home value

$168,300$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bear River City	Riverside
Under 5	5.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	19.6%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.2%	12.4%
25 to 34	13.0%	19.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	4.4%
45 to 54	11.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.0%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.5%	12.5%
75 and over	10.1%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bear River City	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	10.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bear River City	Riverside
No high school diploma	5.6%	2.0%
High school graduate	34.4%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	38.0%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.3%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bear River City	Riverside
Drove alone	76.3%	67.4%
Carpooled	5.8%	17.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	15.0%
Other means	0.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bear River City	Riverside
1-unit, detached	94.5%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	5.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bear River City	Riverside
Poverty rate	5.4%	12.4%
Average household size	3.05	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	23	31
Median year structure built	1980	1954