Riverview vs St. Paul

A side-by-side comparison of Riverview and St. Paul: population, income, housing, and more.

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

St. Paul has the higher population (1,046 vs 652 in Riverview). Riverview has the higher median household income ($50,870 vs $29,554 in St. Paul). St. Paul has the higher median home value ($178,800 vs $43,600 in Riverview).

Population, income & housing

	Riverview	St. Paul
Population	652	1,046
Median age	44.7 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$50,870	$29,554
Median home value	$43,600	$178,800
Median gross rent	$719	$468
Housing units	302	480
Homeownership rate	77.2%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.6%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	15.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverview	St. Paul
Population	711 → 652 (-8.3%)	1,008 → 1,046 (+3.8%)
Median household income	$42,316 → $50,870 (+20.2%)	$35,417 → $29,554 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$106,300 → $43,600 (-59.0%)	$141,800 → $178,800 (+26.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$415 → $468 (+12.8%)

Riverview

Population

711652

Median household income

$42,316$50,870

Median home value

$106,300$43,600

St. Paul

Population

1,0081,046

Median household income

$35,417$29,554

Median home value

$141,800$178,800

Median gross rent

$415$468

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverview	St. Paul
Under 5	5.4%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	16.6%
18 to 24	17.6%	8.7%
25 to 34	6.7%	12.9%
35 to 44	10.3%	14.9%
45 to 54	5.8%	7.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	13.5%
65 to 74	18.6%	9.6%
75 and over	11.7%	11.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverview	St. Paul
White (non-Hispanic)	67.3%	96.2%
Black or African American	17.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	15.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverview	St. Paul
No high school diploma	33.3%	19.4%
High school graduate	54.3%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	3.7%	34.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.8%	17.5%
Graduate or professional degree	1.9%	9.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverview	St. Paul
Drove alone	47.3%	60.3%
Carpooled	21.5%	10.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	31.2%	11.5%
Other means	0.0%	6.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverview	St. Paul
1-unit, detached	44.0%	69.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	20.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.3%
Mobile home & other	56.0%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Riverview	St. Paul
Poverty rate	12.6%	33.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	—	19
Median year structure built	1995	1966