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Place dossier plate
SheetMO-RIVERSIDE-MO · Riverside, MO 4,153 pop · income 21st pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Riverside
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Riverside on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Normandy · lowest
33,421
Normandy · lowest
33,421 median HH income
29.8% of the leader · rank #1
Mena · near
50,875
Mena · near
50,875 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #2
La Fontaine · near
50,875
La Fontaine · near
50,875 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #3
Watkins · near
50,875
Watkins · near
50,875 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #4
Warren · near
50,877
Warren · near
50,877 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #5
Riverside · this city
50,882
Riverside · this city
50,882 median HH income
45.4% of the leader · rank #6
Gardnertown · highest
112,043
Gardnertown · highest
112,043 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Riverside on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 4,153.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Riverside - the verdict
Riverside ranks in the 21st percentile for household income and the 3rd percentile for safety nationally, out of every US city with at least 1,000 residents. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
21st
percentile, household income
67th
percentile, home value
7th
percentile, median rent
3rd
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Riverside, MO
4,153 people live in Riverside, Missouri - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Riverside households earn a median of $50,882 annually, in the lower quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 21.6%. Riverside's housing stock carries a median value of $314,600, and the median resident age is 34.2 years. 39.5% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 60.7% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 36 residential units were authorized in 2024 (Building Boom), up 414% from five years earlier. Riverside's reported crime rate runs above the national norm: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 5325.4 incidents per 100,000 residents, above the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Living costs in Missouri run below the national norm: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Missouri at 90.8 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Well Below Average). Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $972 monthly. Monthly utility costs average around $219 across Missouri, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. Commute times here average 14.5 minutes, with 66.1% driving alone and 21.4% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 50.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Riverside's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from housing and income to reported crime to population change to work and mobility to comparison shortlist to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Riverside, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Riverside?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 6.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 21.6%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Riverside?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 5325.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, above the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 134% higher in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
Is Riverside growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +567 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +14.1% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 36 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Which cities make useful reference points for Riverside?
Within Missouri, the closest population matches are Bowling Green (4,130 residents, $51,675 income); Brookfield (4,128 residents, $55,543 income); High Ridge (4,209 residents, $75,040 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Waverly, OH (4,153 residents); Algonac, MI (4,152 residents); Gardnertown, NY (4,154 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Riverside?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 66.1%. The reported mean trip to work is 14.5 minutes.
Public transit
0.0%
Work from home
21.4%
Drive alone
66.1%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 1,926 workers age 16+.
What does the education layer cover for Riverside?
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 39.5% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
Matched public schools
1
Bachelor's degree+
39.5%
Poverty estimate
21.6%
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Cost of living A-
90.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Bachelor's+ share B
39.5%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income F
$50,882
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate F
21.6%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Violent crime F
614 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Riverside profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Cost of living: 83/100 (A-) · 90.8 index
Bachelor's+ share: 74/100 (B) · 39.5%
Household income: 21/100 (F) · $50,882
Poverty rate: 10/100 (F) · 21.6%
Violent crime: 9/100 (F) · 614 /100k
Where Riverside sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Riverside's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Riverside highlighted among 9 peers.Read the chart values
Riverside, MO (this city): home $314,600, crime 5,325/100k
Waverly, OH : home $149,400, crime 707/100k
Whitesboro, TX : home $211,900, crime 902/100k
Jacksboro, TX : home $141,900, crime 780/100k
Linden, MI : home $232,300, crime 336/100k
Bowling Green, MO : home $116,400, crime 718/100k
Brookfield, MO : home $86,500, crime 788/100k
Normandy, MO : home $91,400, crime 3,375/100k
Camdenton, MO : home $171,600, crime 2,911/100k
How does Riverside compare to other US cities?
Riverside measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income21% higher than other cities
Home value67% pricier than other cities
Median rent7% pricier than other cities
Safety3% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Missouri alone, Riverside ranks #219 of 234 Missouri cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Riverside against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Missouri only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Missouri-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Riverside near the bottom of Missouri's cities
Among the 875 Missouri cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Riverside ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Riverside only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#476 of 842
43rd percentile in Missouri
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 875
0th percentile in Missouri
Median Home Value
#54 of 833
94th percentile in Missouri
Poverty Rate
#143 of 875
84th percentile in Missouri
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#91 of 875
89th percentile in Missouri
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Missouri only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
21st percentile nationally for median household income · 3rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Riverside's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Riverside's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Riverside's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$314,60033rd percentilemore affordable than 33% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Riverside's home-value-to-income ratio: 6.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,243 of 15,516
More affordable than 8% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,548 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 6.2×, Riverside sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,243 of 15,516 and #10,548 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$50,882Riverside, MO median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Riverside, MO median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Riverside, MO.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)39.5%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)21.6%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)60.7%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
4,153
Median Income
$50,882
Median Home Value
$314,600
Median Age
34.2
Poverty Rate
21.6%
Labor force participation
60.7%
Bachelor's Degree+
39.5%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
5325.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
613.6
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
4711.8
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
Riverside's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
4,014 residents
2021
4,059 residents
2022
4,377 residents
2023
4,417 residents
2024
4,495 residents
2025
4,581 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📈 Building Boom
Total Permits (2024)
36
housing units authorized
Single-Family
36
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
8.7
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
7
7
0
$2.4M
2020
21
21
0
$7.3M
2021
145
17
128
$19.6M
2022
15
15
0
$8.4M
2023
28
28
0
$15.4M
2024
36
36
0
$17.5M
Permit volume increased 414% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
14.5 minutes
Drive Alone
66.1%
Carpool
9.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
21.4%
Other
2.7%
Based on 1,926 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Missouri statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $219
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Missouri at $219 (electricity about $105 , water and sewer about $42 ).
These are Missouri statewide averages, not a meter reading for Riverside. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Missouri's BEA cost-of-living index is 90.8 (Well Below Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Riverside is $972/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Missouri statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 50.6 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Missouri statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Riverside sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Riverside compares to similar-size Missouri cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.