Riverdale is a very small borough located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 4,105 people and just one neighborhood, Riverdale is the 346th largest community in New Jersey. Much of the housing stock in Riverdale was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Riverdale economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Riverdale, where the median household income is $103,214.00.
Riverdale is a decidedly white-collar borough, with fully 86.57% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Riverdale is a borough of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverdale who work in office and administrative support (14.10%), sales jobs (13.25%), and management occupations (10.21%).
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.
Of important note, Riverdale is also a borough of artists. Riverdale has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Riverdale’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Riverdale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.90% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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 30.59 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The citizens of Riverdale are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.10% of adults in Riverdale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Riverdale in 2022 was $57,148, which is upper middle income relative to New Jersey, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $228,592 for a family of four. However, Riverdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Riverdale is a very ethnically-diverse borough. The people who call Riverdale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Riverdale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Riverdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.61% of the borough’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include Italian, Irish, German, Dutch, and Russian.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Riverdale's cultural character, accounting for 16.17% of the borough’s population.
The most common language spoken in Riverdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Langs. of India.
Many things matter about a neighborhood, but the first thing most people notice is the way a neighborhood looks and its particular character. For example, one might notice whether the buildings all date from a certain time period or whether shop signs are in multiple languages. This particular neighborhood in Riverdale, the neighborhood, has some outstanding things about the way it looks and its way of life that are worth highlighting.
The first thing that you'll notice if you moved to this neighborhood is that an astounding 3.2% of the households are same sex couples. According to NeighborhoodScout's analysis, this is a higher proportion of same sex households than in 99.3% of the neighborhoods in America. This is one indicator that this neighborhood is likely a gay-friendly neighborhood. So if you are looking for such a neighborhood, the neighborhood should definitely be on your list of places to consider.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Dutch and Russian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Dutch ancestry and 5.7% have Russian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Riverdale are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 78.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 65.1% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 50.4% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 20.0% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (16.2%), and 13.4% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 79.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (8.8%).
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Riverdale, NJ, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Italian (22.6%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.3%), and residents who report German roots (13.2%), and some of the residents are also of Dominican ancestry (7.0%), along with some Dutch ancestry residents (6.8%), among others. In addition, 16.2% of the residents of this neighborhood were born in another country.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (81.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.