What is the population of Riverside city?

Riverside city has 1,040 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #278 of 1,026 in Iowa.

What is the median household income in Riverside city?

Median household income in Riverside city is $81,094 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Riverside city?

Median gross rent is $800 a month and the median home value is $191,100, so rent absorbs about 11.8% of median household income.

Is Riverside city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Riverside city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Riverside, IA population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Riverside, Iowa (Riverside, IA — Census place “Riverside city”) is 1,040 residents, ranking #278 of 1026 places in Iowa. Median household income is $81,094, the median home is worth $191,100 and median gross rent runs $800 a month. Looking for the Riverside Iowa ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Riverside, IA: 52327.

Population: 1,040Riverside city residents
Median household income: $81,094Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $191,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $800Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.6 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 74%Owner-occupied households

Riverside ZIP codes (Iowa)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Riverside.

The Riverside IA ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

52327

What the numbers mean in Riverside city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Riverside city median would spend about 11.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.4× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 3.8% of residents and 74% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Riverside city, IA in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Riverside city is a small town in Iowa, with 1,040 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #278 of 1,026 ranked by population — larger than 72% of them. The median age here is 40.6 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Riverside city earn a median of $81,094 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 20% above the $67,791 median for the 290 Iowa cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 3.8% of residents here, less than half the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Riverside city is valued at $191,100, 37% below the national figure and 22% above the $156,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $800 a month, 43.1% below the national figure, or roughly $9,600 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 11.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so purchase prices are unusually low against local pay, the pattern in places where supply is plentiful and wage growth has been flat. 74% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Riverside city?: Riverside city has 1,040 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #278 of 1,026 in Iowa.
What is the median household income in Riverside city?: Median household income in Riverside city is $81,094 a year, 3.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Riverside city?: Median gross rent is $800 a month and the median home value is $191,100, so rent absorbs about 11.8% of median household income.
Is Riverside city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Riverside city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 11.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Riverside city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.