Halifax vs Riverdale

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

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

Halifax has the higher population (1,348 vs 1,129 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($61,779 vs $56,111 in Halifax). Halifax has the higher median home value ($210,900 vs $177,000 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Halifax	Riverdale
Population	1,348	1,129
Median age	56.1 yrs	31.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,111	$61,779
Median home value	$210,900	$177,000
Median gross rent	$692	—
Housing units	660	458
Homeownership rate	72.5%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Halifax	Riverdale
Population	1,299 → 1,348 (+3.8%)	758 → 1,129 (+48.9%)
Median household income	$49,688 → $56,111 (+12.9%)	$59,063 → $61,779 (+4.6%)
Median home value	$157,600 → $210,900 (+33.8%)	$125,500 → $177,000 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$675 → $692 (+2.5%)	—

Halifax

Population

1,2991,348

Median household income

$49,688$56,111

Median home value

$157,600$210,900

Median gross rent

$675$692

Riverdale

Population

7581,129

Median household income

$59,063$61,779

Median home value

$125,500$177,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Halifax	Riverdale
Under 5	3.4%	6.0%
5 to 17	6.5%	21.8%
18 to 24	9.7%	3.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	23.9%
35 to 44	5.8%	5.7%
45 to 54	10.4%	8.3%
55 to 64	20.5%	13.8%
65 to 74	13.1%	11.6%
75 and over	17.6%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Halifax	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	81.6%
Black or African American	28.3%	12.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.3%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.6%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Halifax	Riverdale
No high school diploma	10.2%	8.7%
High school graduate	39.2%	21.1%
Some college or associate's	17.1%	50.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.5%	19.5%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Halifax	Riverdale
Drove alone	70.9%	76.4%
Carpooled	5.1%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	14.2%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Halifax	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	79.1%	75.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	24.5%

Poverty & households

	Halifax	Riverdale
Poverty rate	13.8%	10.2%
Average household size	2.19	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1961	1978