Riverdale is a medium-sized city located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 14,672 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, Riverdale is the 77th largest community in Georgia.Riverdale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Riverdale is a city of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverdale who work in sales jobs (10.84%), office and administrative support (10.41%), and food service (8.41%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.12% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. One downside of living in Riverdale is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Riverdale, the average commute to work is 31.52 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the city, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative. Even though Riverdale is a smaller city, it has many people who hop on public transportation – mostly the bus for their daily commute to work. Typically, these people are commuting to good jobs in the surrounding cities.The education level of Riverdale citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 19.09% of adults 25 and older in Riverdale have a college degree. The per capita income in Riverdale in 2022 was $32,855, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,420 for a family of four. However, Riverdale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Riverdale is a somewhat 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. Important ancestries of people in Riverdale include Nigerian, African, Jamaican, Irish, and Senegalese. The most common language spoken in Riverdale is English. Other important languages spoken here include African languages and Chinese.
