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Riverdale city, Iowa: commercial real estate data.
Riverdale city is a Census city of 396 people across 1.84 square miles of land, in Scott County. Median household income is $95,000, 81.6 percent of occupied homes are owned.
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Riverdale
What Riverdale is
- Census place typecity
- Land area1.84 sq mi
- Water area0.37 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land215 plus or minus 46
- County holding the largest share of its areaScott 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.
Riverdale
How many people live in Riverdale
- Population396 plus or minus 84
- Median age41.8
- Population under 1861 plus or minus 24
- Share under 1815.4 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Population 65 and over92 plus or minus 25
- Share 65 and over23.2 percent
- Households174 plus or minus 43
- Family households124 plus or minus 30
- Share of households that are families71.3 percent plus or minus 24.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverdale
Income and work in Riverdale
- Median household income$95,000
- Per capita income$51,461
- Civilian labor force226 plus or minus 67
- Employed218 plus or minus 66
- Unemployed8 plus or minus 12
- Unemployment rate3.5 percent plus or minus 5.2
- Adults 25 and over306 plus or minus 69
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher99.0 percent plus or minus 31.4
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher39.9 percent plus or minus 14.3
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree13.1 percent plus or minus 10.3
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Riverdale
- Housing units197 plus or minus 46
- Occupied units174 plus or minus 43
- Vacant units23 plus or minus 18
- Vacancy rate11.7 percent plus or minus 8.7
- Owner occupied142 plus or minus 30
- Renter occupied32 plus or minus 33
- Ownership rate81.6 percent plus or minus 26.5
- Median owner-occupied home value$276,300
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,600 plus or minus $385
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.2 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Single family units191 plus or minus 45
- Share single family97.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more6 plus or minus 12
- Share in buildings of two or more3.0 percent plus or minus 6.0
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1958
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Riverdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute192 plus or minus 61
- Commuting under 15 minutes56 plus or minus 30
- Share commuting under 15 minutes29.2 percent plus or minus 12.6
- Commuting 30 minutes or more40 plus or minus 34
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more20.8 percent plus or minus 16.3
- Drove alone83.7 percent
- Carpooled4.7 percent plus or minus 4.0
- Public transport0.0 percent
- Walked0.9 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home10.7 percent plus or minus 6.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Riverdale
SBA loans in Riverdale (504)
- Approvals1
- Gross approval$167,000
- Average approval$167,000
- Median approval$167,000
- Largest approval$167,000
- Jobs supported11
- Loans with a final outcome0
- Charged off0
- Median term240 months
- Distinct CDCs1
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Scott County, not Riverdale
Scott County context, not Riverdale figures
These are Scott County figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Riverdale measurements.
- Establishments in Scott County4,525
- Employment at those establishments, Scott County86,426
- Covered employment, Scott County90,947
- Average annual pay, Scott County$61,138
- Average weekly wage, Scott County$1,176
- Housing units permitted, Scott County785
- Of those, single family, Scott County310
- County product, 2024, Scott County$13,290,551,000
- County product change over the prior year, Scott County4.8 percent
- Average income of an arriving household, Scott County$68,386
Every figure in this section is published for Scott County as a whole and is not a measurement of Riverdale. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
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. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Riverdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riverdale, Iowa?
396, in 174 households. Riverdale city covers 1.84 square miles of land, which is 215 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riverdale in?
Scott 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 Riverdale?
$95,000. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $276,300. Median gross rent is $1,600 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Are the county figures on this page Riverdale figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Scott 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 Riverdale.
Is zoning published for Riverdale?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.