Riverview is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Florida. With a population of 107,396 people and 18 associated neighborhoods, Riverview is the 25th largest community in Florida. Riverview has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Riverview, where the median household income is $87,383.00.
Also of interest is that Riverview has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 17.45% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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 Riverview is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Riverview, the average commute to work is 35.04 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
The overall education level of Riverview citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 32.21% of adults in Riverview have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Riverview in 2022 was $37,092, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,368 for a family of four. However, Riverview contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Riverview is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Riverview home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Riverview residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Riverview also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 25.27% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverview include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Riverview is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.