Riverside vs Thatcher

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

Riverside and Thatcher 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 1,094 in Thatcher). Thatcher has the higher median household income ($91,042 vs $71,952 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median home value ($380,600 vs $327,800 in Thatcher).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Thatcher
Population	1,238	1,094
Median age	30.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$71,952	$91,042
Median home value	$380,600	$327,800
Housing units	387	358
Homeownership rate	96.2%	98.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.3%	25.9%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Thatcher
Population	810 → 1,238 (+52.8%)	634 → 1,094 (+72.6%)
Median household income	$95,568 → $71,952 (-24.7%)	$61,875 → $91,042 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$168,300 → $380,600 (+126.1%)	$149,600 → $327,800 (+119.1%)

Riverside

Population

8101,238

Median household income

$95,568$71,952

Median home value

$168,300$380,600

Thatcher

Population

6341,094

Median household income

$61,875$91,042

Median home value

$149,600$327,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Thatcher
Under 5	10.5%	6.8%
5 to 17	16.2%	24.3%
18 to 24	12.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	19.6%	12.2%
35 to 44	4.4%	13.5%
45 to 54	8.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.3%
75 and over	1.3%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Thatcher
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	80.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.7%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.0%	16.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Thatcher
No high school diploma	2.0%	15.7%
High school graduate	47.5%	24.6%
Some college or associate's	33.2%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.3%	23.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	2.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Thatcher
Drove alone	67.4%	59.9%
Carpooled	17.6%	25.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.0%	14.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Thatcher
1-unit, detached	100.0%	96.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Thatcher
Poverty rate	12.4%	8.0%
Average household size	3.62	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1954	1989