† 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
GroupRiversideMarylandUnited States
German16.4%11.4%12.5%
Irish12.1%9.3%9.4%
English10.1%8.5%9.5%
Italian6.7%4.4%4.8%
Polish4.5%2.6%2.2%
American3.6%4.1%5.3%
Scottish1.5%1.1%1.3%
French1.3%1.1%1.6%
African American†25.6%23.6%9.9%
African2.0%1.2%0.5%
Nigerian1.6%1.1%0.2%
Jamaican0.9%0.7%0.4%
Ghanaian0.5%0.3%—
Haitian0.5%0.3%0.3%
Trinidadian and Tobagonian0.5%0.2%—
Mexican1.8%2.0%11.3%
Puerto Rican1.5%1.2%1.8%
Salvadoran0.5%3.5%0.7%
Dominican0.4%0.5%0.7%
Guatemalan0.4%1.2%0.5%
Ecuadorian0.4%——
Cuban0.2%—0.7%
Honduran0.2%0.7%0.3%
Asian Indian0.6%1.7%1.4%
Chinese0.4%1.3%1.3%
Filipino0.3%0.9%0.9%
Korean0.3%0.8%0.4%
Vietnamese0.2%0.4%0.6%
Pakistani0.2%0.3%—
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
Riverside
Maryland
United States
Median age
35.7
39.5
39.1
Age 18–24
6.8%
8.5%
9.2%
Age 65 and older
11.8%
16.6%
17.2%
Household economy
Measure
Riverside
Maryland
United States
Median household income
$105,785
$103,678
$84,427
Poverty rate
5.7%
9.5%
12.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher (25+)
39.5%
43.5%
35.6%
Languages at home
Measure
Riverside
Maryland
United States
Speaks a non-English language at home
11.0%
21.1%
22.3%
Spanish
5.9%
9.6%
13.6%
Other languages
2.1%
2.5%
0.8%
Religious landscape
Measure
Riverside
Maryland
United States
Catholic
—
14.7%
18.6%
Evangelical Protestant
—
11.2%
16.5%
Unclaimed / not counted
—
56.6%
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.
Riverside, Maryland
presidential history
Presidential margin, 2004–2024
Democratic minus Republican, by election
Presidential margin over time
Year
Margin (D minus R)
2004
+2.8%
2008
+12.3%
2012
+17.0%
2016
+12.9%
2020
+24.7%
2024
+19.7%
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
58.8%Harris2,064
39.1%Trump1,372
2.2%
D+19.7
R+5.0
D+21.2
3,512
D
61.5%Biden2,152
36.8%Trump1,287
1.7%
D+24.7
D+11.8
D+20.3
3,500
D
53.1%Clinton1,874
40.2%Trump1,418
6.8%
D+12.9
R+4.1
D+10.8
3,531
D
57.2%Obama1,702
40.2%Romney1,196
2.6%
D+17.0
D+4.7
D+13.1
2,976
D
55.3%Obama1,602
43.0%McCain1,245
1.7%
D+12.3
D+9.5
D+5.1
2,895
D
50.8%Kerry1,312
48.0%Bush1,239
1.2%
D+2.8
—
D+5.3
2,581
Riverside sits in the Mid-Atlantic. In 2024 it voted Democratic.
Across the recorded series it reached a Democratic high of 24.7 points in 2020. Between 2020 and 2024 the city moved 5.0 points toward the Republican candidate; the 2024 margin was 19.7 points.
A population of 6,585, a 65% non-Hispanic-white share, and a median household income of $105,785 describe the city. The city's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Bryn Mawr and Jessup.
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, Riverside, Maryland voted Democratic by 19.7 points (D+19.7), carried by the Democratic candidate. Out of 3,512 votes cast, 2,064 went Democratic and 1,372 went Republican.
How many people live in Riverside, Maryland?
Riverside, Maryland has a population of 6,585 according to the 2024 American Community Survey 5-year estimates from the US Census Bureau.
What is the median household income in Riverside, Maryland?
Median household income in Riverside, Maryland is $105,785 — above the national median of $80,734. The Maryland state median is $103,678.
What is the political history of Riverside, Maryland?
Akashic tracks 6 presidential elections in Riverside, Maryland from 2004 to 2024. Of those, 6 went Democratic and 0 went Republican.
