Riverdale vs West Haven

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

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

West Haven has the higher population (19,977 vs 9,294 in Riverdale). West Haven has the higher median household income ($104,307 vs $64,496 in Riverdale). West Haven has the higher median home value ($511,200 vs $370,300 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	West Haven
Population	9,294	19,977
Median age	31.3 yrs	29.6 yrs
Median household income	$64,496	$104,307
Median home value	$370,300	$511,200
Median gross rent	$1,345	$1,715
Housing units	3,640	6,782
Homeownership rate	70.6%	70.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.5%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	West Haven
Population	8,752 → 9,294 (+6.2%)	13,782 → 19,977 (+44.9%)
Median household income	$56,000 → $64,496 (+15.2%)	$77,733 → $104,307 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$206,900 → $370,300 (+79.0%)	$301,900 → $511,200 (+69.3%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $1,345 (+57.5%)	$1,161 → $1,715 (+47.7%)

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

West Haven

Population

13,78219,977

Median household income

$77,733$104,307

Median home value

$301,900$511,200

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,715

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	West Haven
Under 5	9.5%	6.3%
5 to 17	19.4%	25.3%
18 to 24	9.5%	12.1%
25 to 34	16.8%	14.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	16.0%
45 to 54	11.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	8.5%	7.5%
65 to 74	7.7%	3.8%
75 and over	5.5%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	West Haven
White (non-Hispanic)	72.8%	75.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.3%
Asian	2.0%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	20.8%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	West Haven
No high school diploma	7.5%	4.1%
High school graduate	33.6%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	23.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	West Haven
Drove alone	70.7%	69.8%
Carpooled	7.1%	9.0%
Public transit	1.5%	1.1%
Walked	0.7%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.6%	17.9%
Other means	0.5%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	West Haven
1-unit, detached	59.1%	61.7%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	9.6%
2 to 4 units	6.3%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	7.1%
20 or more units	7.2%	15.1%
Mobile home & other	12.4%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	West Haven
Poverty rate	8.0%	4.5%
Average household size	2.63	3.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	23
Median year structure built	1985	2009