Riverdale is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,586 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Riverdale is the 77th largest community in Georgia.

A relatively large number of people in Riverdale telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 11.95% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

In Riverdale, a lot of people use the bus to get to work every day though Riverdale is a relatively small city. Those that ride the bus are primarily traveling out of town to good jobs in other cities.

The percentage of adults in Riverdale who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 17.26% of the adults in Riverdale have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Riverdale in 2022 was $30,569, which is middle income relative to Georgia, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,276 for a family of four. However, Riverdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Riverdale is a very 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. Riverdale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include Nigerian, African, Jamaican, Irish, and Senegalese.

In addition, Riverdale has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (16.41%).

The most common language spoken in Riverdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.