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Riverdale, MD
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Riverdale profile


Living in Riverdale



Riverdale is a somewhat small town located in the state of Maryland. With a population of 7,171 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Riverdale is the 96th largest community in Maryland.

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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.34% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

One downside of living in Riverdale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Riverdale, the average commute to work is 35.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

In Riverdale, a lot of people use taxis to get to work every day though Riverdale is a relatively small town. Those that ride taxis are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of people in Riverdale who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.41% of adults in Riverdale have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Riverdale in 2018 was $35,142, which is lower middle income relative to Maryland, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $140,568 for a family of four. However, Riverdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Riverdale is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Riverdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in Riverdale, accounting for 53.86% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of Riverdale residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include Guyanese, German, Irish, Jamaican, and English.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Riverdale's cultural character, accounting for 42.82% of the town’s population.

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