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 31.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.
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.
