RiversideAL
A town of 2,312, settled in 1883.
Is Riverside a good place to live?
The best of Riverside’s subject grades is an A− for cost of living; the weakest is a C− for health. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 82% of U.S. towns. Only 10 of the 139 Alabama towns we compare have a lower property crime rate than Riverside. Riverside's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 85% of U.S. towns. Riverside has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Riverside stand out
Where Riverside beats most towns.
99% of working residents leave Riverside for work
Where Riverside’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Riverside grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Alabama), ordered by how far Riverside is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Riverside: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Riverside, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Riverside.
On CDC estimates, Riverside is less healthy than 83% of U.S. towns
Riverside tracks Alabama closely on all 32 CDC measures. 37% of Riverside adults feel lonely, above both the Alabama town median (36%) and the median of U.S. towns (33%). 18% of Riverside adults smoke cigarettes.
| Riverside | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 36% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 16% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 39% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 24% | 23% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Riverside’s typical home value is about $322K
The typical Riverside home is worth about $322,000, up 4.5% in a year, 35% above the Alabama typical home. 80% of Riverside households own their home, above both Alabama’s towns (69%) and U.S. towns (73%).
| Riverside | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 80% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,161 a month | $940 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Riverside’s workers commute out
Most working residents leave Riverside for work: only 1% work in town. Jobs based in Riverside fell to 114 in 2023, 55 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Riverside is 28 minutes.
| Riverside | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 1.4% | 10% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 16% | 16% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $62,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Riverside faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 74% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Riverside, expect mild winters and hot summers
Riverside has mild winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. Riverside’s July high is 91°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
An age mix much like Alabama’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Alabama average. Riverside has grown 3.7% since 2020, to 2,312 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 21% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 28% across Alabama.
| Riverside | Alabama towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 21% | 23% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 39.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±7.5 points. Across Alabama, 51.4% of residents are women.
| Riverside | AL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 14.7% | 11.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.8% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.7% | 12.9% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 10.2% | 12.4% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.4% | 13% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.6% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.9% | 7.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 21.2% | 11.4% | 10.4% |
| High school | 37.7% | 30.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.7% | 20.8% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 13.8% | 17.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 7.5% | 11.1% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,300, single groups can be off by several points
Violent crime per 1,000 residents
Property crime per 1,000 residents
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Legion Field and 22 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Riverside. Close and well known come first.
37 mi Stadium & arenaLegion Field
35 mi Stadium & arenaProtective Stadium
25 mi MountainCheaha Mountain
8 mi MuseumInternational Motorsports Hall of Fame
34 mi MuseumSloss Furnaces
36 mi Stadium & arenaLegacy ArenaPhoto credits
Legion Field: USGS, Public domain · Protective Stadium: Unknown, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Cheaha Mountain: Amann09 (talk · contribs), Public domain · International Motorsports Hall of Fame: BWard 1997, CC BY 4.0 · Sloss Furnaces: DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Legacy Arena: AuburnShuffle, CC0
Everything we know about Riverside
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Riverside
About 3 of every 100 Riverside residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Alabama.
About Riverside
City in Alabama, United States
Riverside is a city in St. Clair County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1886. As of the 2020 census, Riverside had a population of 2,227.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 10 sq mi
- Elevation
- 505 ft
- ZIP code
- 35135
- Area code
- 205
Riverside’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Riverside.
Riverside has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Compare Riverside with a neighbor →
Questions about Riverside
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Riverside, AL expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A−.