Elwood vs Riverside

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

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

Elwood has the higher population (1,643 vs 1,238 in Riverside). Elwood has the higher median household income ($99,375 vs $71,952 in Riverside). Elwood has the higher median home value ($480,100 vs $380,600 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Elwood	Riverside
Population	1,643	1,238
Median age	32.2 yrs	30.4 yrs
Median household income	$99,375	$71,952
Median home value	$480,100	$380,600
Median gross rent	$1,375	—
Housing units	448	387
Homeownership rate	93.9%	96.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.4%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elwood	Riverside
Population	1,138 → 1,643 (+44.4%)	810 → 1,238 (+52.8%)
Median household income	$83,068 → $99,375 (+19.6%)	$95,568 → $71,952 (-24.7%)
Median home value	$268,500 → $480,100 (+78.8%)	$168,300 → $380,600 (+126.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,375 (+14.6%)	—

Elwood

Population

1,1381,643

Median household income

$83,068$99,375

Median home value

$268,500$480,100

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,375

Riverside

Population

8101,238

Median household income

$95,568$71,952

Median home value

$168,300$380,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Elwood	Riverside
Under 5	5.9%	10.5%
5 to 17	24.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	10.9%	12.4%
25 to 34	11.7%	19.6%
35 to 44	13.0%	4.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.9%
55 to 64	13.9%	14.1%
65 to 74	7.0%	12.5%
75 and over	3.6%	1.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elwood	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	92.9%	86.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.8%	9.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elwood	Riverside
No high school diploma	3.2%	2.0%
High school graduate	42.2%	47.5%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	17.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.8%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elwood	Riverside
Drove alone	77.8%	67.4%
Carpooled	10.3%	17.6%
Public transit	0.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	15.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elwood	Riverside
1-unit, detached	96.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elwood	Riverside
Poverty rate	3.3%	12.4%
Average household size	3.68	3.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1996	1954