† Citizen voting-age population estimated for prior cycles; 2004 predates the ACS and is extrapolated. Source: ACS 5-year, table B05003.
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D+60R+60
20042024
Boundary by 2024 margin · Precinct returns · VEST · MIT Election Lab
People and households
Who lives here
Exact values for this place, its state, and the United States.
Race · ethnicity · ancestry
Communities and origins
GroupRiverdaleGeorgiaUnited States
African American†66.4%27.4%9.9%
African2.3%0.8%0.5%
Nigerian2.1%0.5%0.2%
Jamaican1.5%0.7%0.4%
Haitian0.5%0.4%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.3%——
West Indian0.3%——
Ethiopian0.2%0.2%—
Vietnamese4.5%0.6%0.6%
Asian Indian0.4%1.6%1.4%
Chinese0.4%0.6%1.3%
Laotian0.4%——
Filipino0.3%0.2%0.9%
Cambodian0.3%——
American2.5%7.6%5.3%
English1.1%10.3%9.5%
Irish1.0%6.9%9.4%
German0.7%6.3%12.5%
Italian0.2%2.2%4.8%
Scottish0.2%1.7%1.3%
Scotch-Irish0.2%——
Mexican9.1%5.5%11.3%
Puerto Rican0.8%1.2%1.8%
Guatemalan0.4%0.7%0.5%
Salvadoran0.4%0.5%0.7%
Cuban0.4%0.3%0.7%
Dominican0.3%—0.7%
Honduran0.3%0.4%0.3%
Panamanian0.3%——
Hispanic or Latino counts residents of any race; the race groups count only their non-Hispanic residents, so the groups are mutually exclusive and sum to 100%. Expand a row to see ancestries reported within that group.
Age and life stage
Measure
Riverdale
Georgia
United States
Median age
37.3
37.7
39.1
Age 18–24
15.5%
9.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.9%
15.0%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Riverdale
Georgia
United States
Median household income
$63,455
$77,353
$84,427
Poverty rate
12.4%
13.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
17.3%
34.9%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Riverdale
Georgia
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
22.8%
15.5%
22.3%
Spanish
9.6%
8.7%
13.6%
Chinese (incl. Mandarin & Cantonese)
3.0%
0.6%
1.1%
Other Asian & Pacific Island
3.0%
0.9%
1.1%
Other languages
3.9%
1.1%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Riverdale
Georgia
United States
Catholic
—
8.4%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
26.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
49.3%
51.5%
American Community Survey 2024 5-year (CVAP, income, age, poverty, education, language, race, ancestry) · presidential returns from MIT Election Lab through 2024 · 2020 U.S. Religion Census (ASARB) — congregational adherents; unclaimed is the residual not counted by congregations.
Riverdale, Georgia
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+72.0%
2008
+84.9%
2012
+86.1%
2016
+84.8%
2020
+82.7%
2024
+77.7%
DemocraticRepublican
6 presidential elections
Third column names the leading third-party or independent finisher. Source · MIT Election Lab · ICPSR · VEST (precinct-level 2024). Swing · margin change from the prior cycle. vs U.S. · margin relative to the national result that year. Third-party votes in 2012 are allocated from certified county totals by this place's share of each county's two-party vote — that cycle's precinct source records two-party splits. † 2004 sub-county results are estimated: the source's block-level detail for this cycle was unreliable — either county/municipality-level consolidated reporting (COVID-era) or a precinct-to-block allocation that misplaced votes — so the figures are allocated from the constituent county totals in proportion to the place and scaled to certified totals.
Year
Won
Democratic
Republican
Other
Margin
Swing
vs U.S.
Total
D
88.7%Harris5,036
10.9%Trump620
0.4%
D+77.7
R+4.9
D+79.2
5,680
D
90.9%Biden5,501
8.2%Trump497
0.9%
D+82.7
R+2.1
D+78.2
6,052
D
91.8%Clinton4,677
7.0%Trump357
1.2%
D+84.8
R+1.3
D+82.7
5,097
D
92.7%Obama5,242
6.7%Romney377
0.6%
D+86.1
D+1.1
D+82.2
5,653
D
92.3%Obama5,363
7.4%McCain430
0.3%
D+84.9
D+12.9
D+77.6
5,809
D
85.8%Kerry3,644
13.8%Bush587
0.4%
D+72.0
—
D+74.4
4,247
Riverdale sits in the Deep South. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 86.1 points in 2012. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 4.9 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 77.7 points.
A population of 14,792, a 5% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $63,455 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Woodmere and Petersburg.
Akashic
Political twins — cities
The cities whose fingerprint — 2000–2024 trajectory, demographics, ancestry, religion — sits closest to this one, and why.
Twin score (0–100) = weighted cosine between tier-standardized fingerprints: presidential margins 2000–2024 with 12-yr trend and elasticity, ACS income, age, education, population and race, top reported ancestries, and religious adherence — chips name the closest-shared dimensions and the widest gap. Re-weight the groups in the twins explorer.
In 2024, Riverdale, Georgia voted Democratic by 77.7 points (D+77.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 5,680 votes cast, 5,036 went Democratic and 620 went Republican.
How many people live in Riverdale, Georgia?
Riverdale, Georgia has a population of 14,792 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Riverdale, Georgia?
Median household income in Riverdale, Georgia is $63,455 — below the national median of $80,734. The Georgia state median is $77,353.
What is the political history of Riverdale, Georgia?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Riverdale, Georgia from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
