Plain City vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of Plain City and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverdale has the higher population (9,294 vs 8,101 in Plain City). Plain City has the higher median household income ($126,250 vs $64,496 in Riverdale). Plain City has the higher median home value ($532,300 vs $370,300 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Plain City	Riverdale
Population	8,101	9,294
Median age	37.0 yrs	31.3 yrs
Median household income	$126,250	$64,496
Median home value	$532,300	$370,300
Median gross rent	$2,184	$1,345
Housing units	2,475	3,640
Homeownership rate	94.3%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plain City	Riverdale
Population	6,867 → 8,101 (+18.0%)	8,752 → 9,294 (+6.2%)
Median household income	$74,714 → $126,250 (+69.0%)	$56,000 → $64,496 (+15.2%)
Median home value	$301,500 → $532,300 (+76.6%)	$206,900 → $370,300 (+79.0%)
Median gross rent	$736 → $2,184 (+196.7%)	$854 → $1,345 (+57.5%)

Plain City

Population

6,8678,101

Median household income

$74,714$126,250

Median home value

$301,500$532,300

Median gross rent

$736$2,184

Riverdale

Population

8,7529,294

Median household income

$56,000$64,496

Median home value

$206,900$370,300

Median gross rent

$854$1,345

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plain City	Riverdale
Under 5	6.7%	9.5%
5 to 17	28.6%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.2%	9.5%
25 to 34	6.3%	16.8%
35 to 44	18.3%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.6%	11.1%
55 to 64	10.1%	8.5%
65 to 74	5.7%	7.7%
75 and over	4.6%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plain City	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	90.3%	72.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.9%	0.5%
Asian	0.7%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	20.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plain City	Riverdale
No high school diploma	4.8%	7.5%
High school graduate	28.3%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	35.4%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	16.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plain City	Riverdale
Drove alone	80.8%	70.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.1%
Public transit	0.2%	1.5%
Walked	0.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.9%
Worked from home	12.2%	18.6%
Other means	2.8%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plain City	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	100.0%	59.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	6.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	9.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	12.4%

Poverty & households

	Plain City	Riverdale
Poverty rate	1.8%	8.0%
Average household size	3.42	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	22	18
Median year structure built	2002	1985