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Riverside, Alabama: commercial real estate data.
Riverside is a Census city of 2,097 people across 8.67 square miles of land, in St. Clair County. Median household income is $83,664, 79.9 percent of occupied homes are owned.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Riverside
What Riverside is
- Census place typecity
- Land area8.67 sq mi
- Water area1.74 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land242
- County holding the largest share of its areaSt. Clair County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How many people live in Riverside
- Population2,097
- Median age41.8 plus or minus 9.0
- Population under 18460 plus or minus 128
- Share under 1821.9 percent plus or minus 4.5
- Population 65 and over410 plus or minus 108
- Share 65 and over19.6 percent
- Households783
- Family households604 plus or minus 135
- Share of households that are families77.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Riverside
- Median household income$83,664 plus or minus $19,119
- Per capita income$37,650
- Civilian labor force975 plus or minus 243
- Employed923 plus or minus 234
- Unemployed52 plus or minus 42
- Unemployment rate5.3 percent plus or minus 4.1
- Adults 25 and over1,432
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher78.8 percent plus or minus 20.1
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher21.3 percent plus or minus 5.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.5 percent plus or minus 3.5
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Riverside
- Housing units882
- Occupied units783
- Vacant units99 plus or minus 76
- Vacancy rate11.2 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Owner occupied626 plus or minus 134
- Renter occupied157 plus or minus 75
- Ownership rate79.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,500 plus or minus $85,912
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,161 plus or minus $338
- Annual rent as a share of median income16.7 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Single family units460 plus or minus 103
- Share single family52.2 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more194 plus or minus 85
- Share in buildings of two or more22.0 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Mobile homes222 plus or minus 83
- Median year structure built1993
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Riverside gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute869 plus or minus 226
- Commuting under 15 minutes287 plus or minus 123
- Share commuting under 15 minutes33.0 percent plus or minus 11.3
- Commuting 30 minutes or more416 plus or minus 119
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more47.9 percent
- Drove alone85.6 percent
- Carpooled8.6 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.8 percent plus or minus 1.1
- Worked from home4.4 percent plus or minus 3.2
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverside
Flood risk in Riverside
- NFIP communityCity of Riverside
- NFIP community number010288
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/17/16
The City of Riverside participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 010288 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
St. Clair County, not Riverside
St. Clair County context, not Riverside figures
- Establishments in St. Clair County1,454
- Covered employment, St. Clair County21,980
- Average annual pay, St. Clair County$51,425
- Housing units permitted, St. Clair County543
Every figure in this section is published for St. Clair County as a whole and is not a measurement of Riverside.
All St. Clair County figures →
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Riverside questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riverside, Alabama?
2,097, in 783 households. Riverside city covers 8.67 square miles of land, which is 242 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riverside in?
St. Clair County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Riverside?
$83,664. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,500. Median gross rent is $1,161 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Is Riverside in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Riverside appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Riverside, city of, community 010288, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Riverside figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for St. Clair County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Riverside.
Is zoning published for Riverside?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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