Housing in Riverside at a glance
- Population
- about 12,699
- Housing units
- about 8,451
- Median value, owner-occupied homes
- $500,000Austin: $555,300 (-10%)
- Median gross rent
- $1,610 a monthAustin: $1,729 (-7%)
- Owner-occupied homes
- 8%Austin: 43.4%
- Homes built before 1980
- 33.7%
- Median year built
- 1989
Barely any households own in Riverside: 628 owner households against 7,212 renter households, an 8% share that is the lowest of the ten Austin areas on Payotte. Beyond that the sector is middling, with home value at $500,000 (sixth, 10% below the $555,300 for Austin), rent at $1,610 (also sixth), and 33.7% of units older than 1980. The typical home dates from 1989. Pleasant Valley, a neighbour, has a similar renter-heavy profile at 13.7% owners but much lower values, $317,000. West University comes close on ownership at 10.3%, while Franklin Park is the reverse case, with 55.3% owners. Riverside lies toward the south-east of the city. Ownership trails the Austin rate by 35.4 points, the largest shortfall in the ranking. Population is 12,699 in 8,451 housing units, and rent lands 7% off Austin's $1,729. Even so, its pre-1980 share ranks sixth, in line with its other middling ranks.
Questions about Riverside
What is the median home value in Riverside, Austin?
$500,000 for owner-occupied homes, against $555,300 for Austin as a whole (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary). It is the owners' own estimate of their home's value, not a sale price.
What is the median rent in Riverside?
$1,610 a month in gross rent (rent plus utilities paid by the renter), against $1,729 in Austin (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Do most people in Riverside own or rent?
Most rent: 8% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, against 43.4% in Austin (Payotte estimate from Census ACS 2020-2024 5-year data for the census tracts within the official boundary).
Data and method
Data as of: American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, U.S. Census Bureau (retrieved 2026-11-02).
Estimate from the 4 census tracts whose internal point lies within the official boundary: counts are summed, and each median is recomputed from the summed value, rent and year-built brackets (grouped median, linear interpolation). The gap with the city is measured with the same method on the whole city.
Riverside is one of the 10 most populous of 65 neighborhood planning areas of Austin: estimated population about 12,699 (Payotte estimate: Census ACS 2020-2024 populations of the census tracts whose internal point lies inside the boundary; boundaries from City of Austin GIS, Neighborhood Planning Areas, consulted 2026-11-02).
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020-2024 5-year estimates, tables B01003, B25001, B25003, B25034, B25063, B25064, B25075, B25077; U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer files (census tract internal points). City figures: the same survey, published for Austin as a whole. Home values are owners' estimates, not sale prices.
Near Riverside
The closest sectors of Austin, by distance between population centres.
Other sectors of Austin
Five trades, one spot each
Payotte lists one professional per trade in Riverside. No one is listed yet: every spot is open.
- Real estate agentOpen spot
- Mortgage loan officerOpen spot
- Home inspectorOpen spot
- Real estate attorneyOpen spot
- AppraiserOpen spot
Work in one of these trades in Riverside? Ask for your spot.