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Riverdale, GA
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Riverdale profile


Living in Riverdale



Riverdale is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,672 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Riverdale is the 77th largest community in Georgia.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 9.12% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In Riverdale, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.52 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 city, 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.

In terms of college education, Riverdale is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.09% of adults 25 and older in Riverdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Riverdale in 2022 was $32,855, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,420 for a family of four. However, Riverdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Riverdale is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. 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 Black or African-American, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include Nigerian, African, Jamaican, Irish, and Senegalese.

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