Riverdale vs South Boston

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

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

South Boston has the higher population (7,896 vs 1,129 in Riverdale). Riverdale has the higher median household income ($61,779 vs $41,102 in South Boston). Riverdale has the higher median home value ($177,000 vs $157,300 in South Boston).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	South Boston
Population	1,129	7,896
Median age	31.5 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$61,779	$41,102
Median home value	$177,000	$157,300
Median gross rent	—	$756
Housing units	458	3,903
Homeownership rate	77.2%	49.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	19.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	South Boston
Population	758 → 1,129 (+48.9%)	7,762 → 7,896 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$59,063 → $61,779 (+4.6%)	$42,311 → $41,102 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$125,500 → $177,000 (+41.0%)	$132,300 → $157,300 (+18.9%)
Median gross rent	—	$671 → $756 (+12.7%)

Riverdale

Population

7581,129

Median household income

$59,063$61,779

Median home value

$125,500$177,000

South Boston

Population

7,7627,896

Median household income

$42,311$41,102

Median home value

$132,300$157,300

Median gross rent

$671$756

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverdale	South Boston
Under 5	6.0%	10.1%
5 to 17	21.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	3.6%	4.4%
25 to 34	23.9%	13.5%
35 to 44	5.7%	8.1%
45 to 54	8.3%	9.9%
55 to 64	13.8%	13.5%
65 to 74	11.6%	13.1%
75 and over	5.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	South Boston
White (non-Hispanic)	81.6%	40.9%
Black or African American	12.6%	55.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	South Boston
No high school diploma	8.7%	14.8%
High school graduate	21.1%	35.8%
Some college or associate's	50.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	South Boston
Drove alone	76.4%	82.0%
Carpooled	9.4%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	14.2%	3.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	South Boston
1-unit, detached	75.5%	68.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.8%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	24.5%	3.9%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	South Boston
Poverty rate	10.2%	26.3%
Average household size	2.97	2.23
Mean commute (minutes)	17	17
Median year structure built	1978	1967