Housing & affordability
18% of the score · 21/100
F
Median home value$178,800
Atlanta $367,600
Median rent$1,360/mo
Atlanta $1,672/mo
Cost-burdened households41%
Atlanta 33%
Riverdale
Clayton County14,792 residentsClayton County
41
D−
Suburbgrade score
57th of 60 Atlanta suburbs. Strongest on cost of living, held back by housing & affordability.
41
Atlanta median 57
0 · F
A+ · 100
Launch-day rule. Residents is not counted for Riverdale yet: no poll responses so far. The overall score of 41 is computed on the other six categories, re-normalised to 100%. Answer the poll →
What living here is actually like
Written summary in preparation This page is waiting for its written summary, and for a person to check it. Until then it is excluded from search engines.
What Riverdale is like to live in, by category
Bars show Riverdale against Atlanta. Weights are published in full.Schools
18% of the score · 30/100
F
Within-state proficiency11th pct
Atlanta median 80th pct
Student–teacher ratio14.7
Atlanta median 14.4
Graduation rate73%
Atlanta median 87%
Cost of living
14% of the score · 78/100
B+
Housing cost index74
Atlanta 100
Eff. tax rate0.96%
Atlanta 0.82%
Local sales tax7.49%
Atlanta median 7.49%
Commute & transport
14% of the score · 46/100
D
Mean commute28.3 min
Atlanta 31.0 min
Under 30 minutes61%
Atlanta 50%
Transit stops / sq mi0.0
Atlanta median 0.0 · within 2 miles
Amenities
12% of the score · 35/100
F
Restaurants & cafés21
Atlanta median 44 · within 2 miles
Groceries2
Atlanta median 4 · within 2 miles
Parks3
Atlanta median 18 · within 2 miles
Employment & income
12% of the score · 46/100
D
Median household income$63,455
Atlanta $89,724
Unemployment5.0%
Atlanta 5.0%
Professional occupations21%
Atlanta 46%
Residents
12% of the score · inactive
—
No responses yet. Residents is excluded from the score until eight people answer.
Ask the people who live here
Twelve yes/no questions, one tap each. No dataset knows whether the yards are kept or whether anyone talks to their neighbours. Answers feed the Residents grade, which needs eight responses before it counts.
Nobody has answered for Riverdale yet. If you live here, you can be the first.
Is it quiet at night?
—
Do you feel safe walking after dark?
—
Can you walk to a grocery store?
—
Is it good for young children?
—
Are yards and streets well kept?
—
Tap either button to answer — no account neededAll twelve questions →
Better than Riverdale on housing & affordability
Riverdale's weakest grade is F. Six suburbs are within 25 miles and score higher on the same four inputs.
SuburbHousingOverall
Decatur16 mi from RiverdaleC+ 74 B Peachtree City15 mi from RiverdaleC+ 66 C+ Brookhaven21 mi from RiverdaleC+ 63 C+ Smyrna22 mi from RiverdaleC− 67 C+ North Decatur18 mi from RiverdaleC− 60 C North Druid Hills18 mi from RiverdaleD+ 63 C+ Median home value: ACS 2020–24 · Ownership rate: ACS 2020–24
Common questions about living in Riverdale
Is Riverdale, GA a good place to live?
Riverdale scores 41 out of 100, 57th of 60 Atlanta suburbs. It is strongest on cost of living and weakest on housing & affordability. Every weight behind that score is published on the methodology page.
Is Riverdale expensive to live in?
Cost of living grades B+. The median home is $178,800, 51% below the Atlanta median, and the effective property tax rate is 0.96%. $1,360/mo is the median gross rent.
How good are the schools in Riverdale?
Schools grade F. The districts serving Riverdale sit at the 11th pct within-state proficiency percentile, with a 73% graduation rate and a 14.7 student–teacher ratio. Riverdale is served by Clayton County. Proficiency is only ever compared inside the same state.
How long is the commute from Riverdale?
The mean commute is 28.3 min, with 61% of workers travelling under 30 minutes and 12% working from home. Transit density is 0.0 stops per square mile.
Can you walk anywhere in Riverdale?
Within two miles there are 2 groceries, 21 restaurants and cafés and 3 parks, which grades F on amenities.
Are the homes in Riverdale old or new?
The median home in Riverdale was built in 1990 — close to the Atlanta median of 1994. That is a median, so a town can be half post-war and half new-build and still land there. 67% of homes are houses rather than flats.
Every answer is built from the figures on this page, with their sources and as-of dates on the methodology page.