Photo: OsotedeMonte · CC BY 3.0Riverdale Park has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
For 0% of workers, the job is at home; California has 17%. Riverdale Park has 119 jobs for 374 working residents. Jobs and income earn Riverdale Park C+; getting around on foot earns it D.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Riverdale Park, in a few figures
Few Riverdale Park workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 17% across California. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Riverdale Park workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 37 minutes each way, against 29 across California. Over a year that’s about 284 hours of commuting, 61 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
A big share show a job far from home
30% of working residents have a main job more than 50 miles away. Part of that is employers that report every worker at one head office, so not all of those trips happen daily. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 374 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The figures behind Riverdale Park’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty and job access, Riverdale Park is better than 44% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Riverdale Park’s grade up (ahead of 63% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($61,786, U.S. $80,734).
Unemployment (0.0%) is left out: Riverdale Park’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Riverdale Park could be anywhere from C− to A.
Riverdale Park’s commute takes about 37 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverdale Park workers work from home, vs 17% across California. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 368 commuters (the 0% who work from home are left out). Across California: 79% drive alone, 3% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Miles to work from Riverdale Park
About 30% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Who leaves Riverdale Park for work, and who comes in
On a workday 364 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 109 people come in from elsewhere.
About 880 people are in Riverdale Park on a workday afternoon, 22% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
14% of working residents work in Modesto
Where Riverdale Park clocks in
14% of workers
8% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A place that makes things: 46% of Riverdale Park’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverdale Park, 2014 → 2024: 67 → 119. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverdale Park’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Few in Riverdale Park walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Riverdale Park is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Riverdale Park near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 368 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.7% of Riverdale Park households have no vehicle (California 7.1%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riverdale Park’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 3,771 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,500, Riverdale Park comes 1,467th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | 1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Castle Hill CA | 1,026 | $250K | 0.2% | 0.0% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 14 | Ladera CA | 1,297 | $236K | 1.5% | 10.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 15 | Acalanes Ridge CA | 1,006 | $181K | 1.5% | 7.7% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,465 | Otterbein IN | 1,139 | $64K | 8.8% | 3.3% | 2% | C+ |
| 1,466 | Auglaize Township OH | 1,369 | $61K | 4.0% | 0.0% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,467 | Riverdale Park CA | 1,137 | $62K | 10.7% | 0.0% | 3% | C+ |
| 1,468 | Solon NY | 1,054 | $80K | 7.3% | 3.1% | 1% | C+ |
| 1,469 | Seneca WI | 1,030 | $87K | 11.0% | 4.7% | 1% | C+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,771 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 1% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Riverdale Park, the top three, the last and three more from California.
14% of Riverdale Park works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverdale Park workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverdale Park | – | C+ | D | 37 min | $61,786 |
| West Modesto | under 2% | C | B+ | 31 min | $61,440 |
| Modesto | 14% | B− | A | 30 min | $79,891 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Modesto. Darker towns draw more of Riverdale Park’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Riverdale Park: questions
What is the median household income in Riverdale Park?
$61,786 (±$32,303) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,122 across California and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverdale Park?
10.7%, against 12.0% across California and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverdale Park?
37 minutes each way on average, against 29 across California and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverdale Park work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Modesto (14%, 3 mi), Ceres (8%, 4 mi), Turlock (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Riverdale Park walkable?
Riverdale Park is more walkable than 7% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverdale Park without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverdale Park, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverdale Park
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.