Photo: Jakec · CC BY-SA 4.0Unemployment in Riverside (1.5%) is lower than in 90% of U.S. towns
For jobs and income Riverside is better than 82% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (D). 25% of workers work from home, next to 16% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Only 2% work in Riverside; the top destination outside it is Mahoning Township (26%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Riverside at work: what stands out
A lot of Riverside works one town over
29% of working residents work in a town that borders Riverside: Mahoning Township (26%) and Rush Township (3%). Next door ↓
Riverside is a place people come home to
There are 256 jobs based in Riverside, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Riverside has about 1,400 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Riverside
25% of Riverside workers work from home, against 16% across Pennsylvania. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 846 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Riverside’s grade
Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 51% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Riverside could be anywhere from B to A.
Riverside on a workday afternoon
On a workday 829 residents head out to work, 17 work right here, and 239 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Riverside on a workday afternoon, 30% fewer than live here.
0.30 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Commuting from Riverside: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Riverside workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 759 commuters (the 25% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Riverside ends
Where Riverside clocks in
26% of workers
3% 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.
Goods, not services: 81% of the jobs in Riverside
256 jobs are based in Riverside.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverside, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 256. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Riverside’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Riverside
About 23% 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 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The commute in Riverside is mostly behind the wheel
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,013 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 0.7% of Riverside households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Riverside’s commuters take a bus or train.
657th of 5,509: where Riverside ranks among U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Newtown PA | 2,257 | $166K | 2.0% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 31 | Edgeworth PA | 1,611 | $203K | 3.0% | 3.9% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 57 | West Conshohocken PA | 1,498 | $139K | 5.0% | 1.6% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 655 | Monrovia IN | 2,485 | $92K | 6.4% | 2.4% | 6% | A− |
| 656 | Springfield NE | 1,529 | $93K | 7.7% | 4.5% | 6% | A− |
| 657 | Riverside PA | 1,991 | $84K | 4.5% | 1.5% | 2% | A− |
| 658 | Riga Township MI | 1,489 | $86K | 2.3% | 1.2% | <1% | A− |
| 659 | Milaca Township MN | 1,702 | $100K | 4.4% | 1.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | 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 Riverside, the top three, the last and three more from Pennsylvania.
29% of Riverside works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Riverside workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside | – | A− | D | 20 min | $83,750 |
| Rush Township | 3% | B+ | B | 22 min | $91,771 |
| Mahoning Township | 26% | A− | B+ | 20 min | $86,008 |
| Point Township | under 2% | B− | B | 20 min | $70,694 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Mahoning Township. Darker towns draw more of Riverside’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 2023, 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 Riverside: questions
What is the median household income in Riverside?
$83,750 (±$21,602) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverside?
4.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Riverside?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 25% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Riverside work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mahoning Township (26%, 2 mi), Danville (7%, 2 mi), Bloomsburg (3%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Riverside walkable?
Riverside is more walkable than 12% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Riverside without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Riverside, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverside
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, 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.