Riverview ParkPA
A town of 3,619.
Is Riverview Park a good place to live?
No town among the 1,036 in Pennsylvania we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Riverview Park. Riverview Park’s typical household income is $115,000, above both the Pennsylvania town median ($81,000) and the median of U.S. towns ($80,000). Riverview Park’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, above both Pennsylvania’s towns (0.4) and U.S. towns (0.4). We don’t grade Riverview Park yet; the figures below are still real.
100% of working residents leave Riverview Park for work
Where Riverview Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Hersheypark and 58 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Riverview Park. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Theme parkHersheypark3.0M visitors a year
25 mi Theme parkDorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom
39 mi GardenLongwood Gardens4 mi Stadium & arenaSovereign Center
29 mi Theme parkDutch Wonderland
12 mi Park & preserveRoadside AmericaPhoto credits
Hersheypark: Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Dorney Park & Wildwater Kingdom: Coasterman1234 at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Longwood Gardens: P. Hughes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Dutch Wonderland: FlugKerl2, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Roadside America: Mark Fleisher, President and CEO of Aim Advertising in Lewisburg, PA,, Public domain
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Moving to Riverview Park: who provides what
Riverview Park is unincorporated, so Berks County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Riverview Park.
Most of Riverview Park’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.2 jobs for each of them
The average commute for Riverview Park comes to 22 minutes. Since 2013, Riverview Park has added 63 jobs, to 396 in 2023. The median commute is under 7 miles. The top destinations are Reading (13%), Muhlenberg Township (11%) and Wyomissing (5%).
| Riverview Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.5% | 7.6% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expect four seasons and pleasant summers in Riverview Park
In July, afternoons reach 87°; in January, nights fall to 22°, and about 27 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The biggest natural risk in Riverview Park is inland flooding, at a low overall level
62% of Riverview Park’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by earthquakes at 10%. Storm and flood damage is expected to run lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities. Paid flood insurance claims in the town since 2020: 5.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Riverview Park is
The share of adults in Riverview Park who sleep under 7 hours: 39%. CDC measures, 26 in all: Riverview Park beats Pennsylvania on 3 and trails on 2.
| Riverview Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 23% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 38% | 36% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 79% | 79% |
| What stands out | Riverview Park | PA |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.1% | 14.5% |
| Fewer adults in frequent mental distress | 14.6% | 16.4% |
| More uninsured adults | 7.4% | 5.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Riverview Park looks like Pennsylvania by age
Among adults 25 and older in Riverview Park, 37% hold a bachelor’s degree or more. No age group stands out against Pennsylvania: all are within 4 points. Also worth knowing: the town’s age of the median resident is 41.9 years.
| Riverview Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 17% | 20% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.9 years | 43.2 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 21% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Pennsylvania, 50.7% of residents are women.
| Riverview Park | PA | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.2% | 10.8% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 9.7% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.1% | 9% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.8% | 13% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15.7% | 12.6% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 8.3% | 11.9% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.9% | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.5% | 11.4% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.8% | 8.1% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.6% | 7.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 35.6% | 32.9% | 26% |
| Some college | 11.1% | 15.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 8.9% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.4% | 20.9% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.9% | 14.3% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
In Riverview Park, 5.7% of the land is conserved
1.0 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Laurel Run Greenway (Linear Park) | 0.6 mi | 10 |
| 2. Laurelain Park | 0.2 mi | 19 |
| 3. Laurel Run Park | 0.1 mi | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Riverview Park sells for about $319K at the median
For households in Riverview Park, the share who own their home is 88%. The median rent here is $1,446 a month.
| Riverview Park | Pennsylvania towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 78% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,446 a month | $1,115 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Riverview Park
Colleges nearby
5 within 15 miles of the center of Riverview Park
About 6 of every 100 Riverview Park residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Pennsylvania.
About Riverview Park
Unincorporated community in Pennsylvania, US
Riverview Park is a census-designated place in Muhlenberg Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. It is located along the banks of the Schuylkill River, approximately 6 miles (9.7 km) north of the city of Reading. As of the 2020 census, the population was 3,364 residents.
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- Area
- 1.0 sq mi
Riverview Park’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Riverview Park.
| Town | PA rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Riverview Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muhlenberg Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Muhlenberg Township | #844 | C | C | B− | C | B− |
| Bern Township | #401 | B+ | C− | B+ | A− | B+ |
| Fox Chase | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Riverview Park, Muhlenberg Park and Fox Chase aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Riverview Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Riverview Park
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Riverview Park, PA a good place to live?
We don’t grade Riverview Park yet; the figures below are still real.