Riverside is a medium-sized town located in the state of New Jersey. With a population of 30,807 people and seven associated neighborhoods, Riverside is the 57th largest community in New Jersey.

Also of interest is that Riverside 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: 8.96% 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.

The education level of Riverside citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.31% of adults in Riverside have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Riverside in 2022 was $43,821, which is lower middle income relative to New Jersey, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,284 for a family of four. However, Riverside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Riverside is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Riverside home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Riverside residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Riverside also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.17% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Riverside include Irish, German, Italian, English, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Riverside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.