Riverdale vs Roy

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

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

Roy has the higher population (39,021 vs 9,294 in Riverdale). Roy has the higher median household income ($91,112 vs $64,496 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($370,300 vs $350,800 in Roy).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	Roy
Population	9,294	39,021
Median age	31.3 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$64,496	$91,112
Median home value	$370,300	$350,800
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,557
Housing units	3,640	13,460
Homeownership rate	70.6%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	23.1%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	Roy
Population	8,752 → 9,294 (+6.2%)	39,040 → 39,021 (-0.0%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $64,496 (+15.2%)	$70,032 → $91,112 (+30.1%)
Median home value	$206,900 → $370,300 (+79.0%)	$191,800 → $350,800 (+82.9%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,345 (+57.5%)	$1,061 → $1,557 (+46.7%)

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

Roy

Population

39,04039,021

Median household income

$70,032$91,112

Median home value

$191,800$350,800

Median gross rent

$1,061$1,557

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	Roy
Under 5	9.5%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	9.5%	9.5%
25 to 34	16.8%	16.6%
35 to 44	12.1%	15.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	10.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	7.1%
75 and over	5.5%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	Roy
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	73.3%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	19.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	Roy
No high school diploma	7.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.6%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	Roy
Drove alone	70.7%	71.5%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.4%
Public transit	1.5%	1.2%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.6%	15.0%
Other means	0.5%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	Roy
1-unit, detached	59.1%	81.4%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	4.0%
20 or more units	7.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	Roy
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1985	1985