Riverdale vs South Ogden

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

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

South Ogden has the higher population (17,563 vs 9,294 in Riverdale). South Ogden has the higher median household income ($81,543 vs $64,496 in Riverdale). South Ogden has the higher median home value ($371,100 vs $370,300 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	South Ogden
Population	9,294	17,563
Median age	31.3 yrs	33.1 yrs
Median household income	$64,496	$81,543
Median home value	$370,300	$371,100
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,334
Housing units	3,640	6,946
Homeownership rate	70.6%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	South Ogden
Population	8,752 → 9,294 (+6.2%)	17,063 → 17,563 (+2.9%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $64,496 (+15.2%)	$68,585 → $81,543 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$206,900 → $370,300 (+79.0%)	$213,800 → $371,100 (+73.6%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,345 (+57.5%)	$963 → $1,334 (+38.5%)

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

South Ogden

Population

17,06317,563

Median household income

$68,585$81,543

Median home value

$213,800$371,100

Median gross rent

$963$1,334

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	South Ogden
Under 5	9.5%	7.5%
5 to 17	19.4%	16.7%
18 to 24	9.5%	8.9%
25 to 34	16.8%	20.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.2%
45 to 54	11.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	8.5%	11.3%
65 to 74	7.7%	9.0%
75 and over	5.5%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	South Ogden
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	79.0%
Black or African American	0.3%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.9%
Asian	2.0%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	South Ogden
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.2%
High school graduate	33.6%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	39.2%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	11.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	South Ogden
Drove alone	70.7%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.1%	10.1%
Public transit	1.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.7%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.1%
Worked from home	18.6%	13.0%
Other means	0.5%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	South Ogden
1-unit, detached	59.1%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.5%
20 or more units	7.2%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	South Ogden
Poverty rate	8.0%	7.8%
Average household size	2.63	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	18	25
Median year structure built	1985	1979