About Riverdale

Riverdale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 19,968 people and just one neighborhood, Riverdale is the 75th largest community in Maryland.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Riverdale is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Riverdale is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverdale who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.69%), building maintenance and grounds keeping (7.87%), and sales jobs (6.36%).

Also of interest is that Riverdale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Riverdale is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

In Riverdale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 34.04 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. One bright side is that local public transit is widely used, so it may be an option to avoid the headache of driving in the heavy traffic by leaving the car at home and taking transit.

Despite being a small town, Riverdale has a lot of people using the bus to get to and from work every day. Most of these people on the bus are using it to get to good jobs in other cities.

Riverdale Information and Demographics

The education level of Riverdale citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 18.66% of adults in Riverdale have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Riverdale in 2000 was $17,819, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $71,276 for a family of four.

Riverdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Riverdale home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Riverdale is African-American, followed by White. Riverdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.87% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include African, German, Nigerian, Irish, and English.

In addition, Riverdale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (32.89%).

The most common language spoken in Riverdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African.