Census-designated place · York County, South Carolina

Riverview, South Carolina

Riverview is a census-designated place in York County, South Carolina, part of the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro area. It has 2,121 residents. Riverview, South Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 77 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,639 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within South Carolina it ranks #16 of 268 cities and towns. It ranks best on rent as share of income (low), rent-burdened households (low) and loneliness (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), public libraries (low) and hospital quality rating (low).

77High

Quality-of-life score: #3,639 of 15,651 cities and towns
South Carolina: #16 of 268 in SC
Population: 2,121 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,718.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 4561112

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety29#11,027/15,637
Economy75#3,835/15,631
Housing99#121/14,977
Health72#4,369/15,609
Healthcare55#6,985/15,650
Environment62#5,935/15,453
Education69#4,834/15,649
Infrastructure66#5,338/15,650
Community71#4,499/15,651
Leisure & amenities50#7,749/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Riverview, South Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “York County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Rent as share of income · low9.0%
100/100South Carolina 31.1%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Rent-burdened households · low0.0%
100/100South Carolina 52.1%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Loneliness · low28.8%
97/100South Carolina 32.7%United States 33.2%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Lack of reliable transportation · low5.0%
94/100South Carolina 9.1%United States 8.3%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate
Adult smoking · low8.8%
90/100South Carolina 16.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Effective property tax rate · low0.46%
90/100South Carolina 0.49%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high13.3%
4/100South Carolina 4.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Public libraries · low0.2 /10k
7/100South Carolina 0.4 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesYork County value
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100South Carolina 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesYork County value
Drought exposure · high75%
18/100South Carolina 72%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAYork County value
Homicide rate · high6.0 /100k
21/100South Carolina 8.4 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value
Drug overdose deaths · high22.8 /100k
22/100South Carolina 22.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataYork County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,112 (2015-2019) → 2,121 (2020-2024)
+91%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent as share of incomeImproving
25.8% (2015-2019) → 9.0% (2020-2024)
−17 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
0.0% (2015-2019) → 13.3% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
39.1% (2015-2019) → 25.8% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
93.7% (2015-2019) → 81.0% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
83.6% (2015-2019) → 94.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Riverview, South Carolina improved on 1 of 10 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 9 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Rent / income−17 points25.8% → 9.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 10 measures

Change of every measure of Riverview, South Carolina between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.1%2015-2019	25.8%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Broadband subscriptions	83.6%2015-2019	94.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Child poverty rate	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	42%
Effective property tax rate	0.73%2015-2019	0.46%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	70%
High school diploma or higher	93.7%2015-2019	81.0%2020-2024	−13 points	Within the margin of error	1%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4272015-2019	0.2692020-2024	−0.157	Within the margin of error	99%
Median household income	$110,5002015-2019	$135,7822020-2024	+23%	Within the margin of error	39%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	25.8%2015-2019	9.0%2020-2024	−17 points	Improved	98%
Rent-burdened households	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	56%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Riverview, South Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Riverview, South Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Riverview, South Carolina itself moved +2.9 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,121 residents (±994)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+10.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,121 residents (±994)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

White77%†1,630
Black11%†238
Hispanic or Latino8.0%†

Education

1,598 residents (±815)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

No high school diploma19%†304
High school or GED31%†493
Some college

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

783 households (±370)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $25k5.1%†40
$25k–50k6.8%†53
$50k–75k10%†80
$75k–100k15%†115
$100k–150k37%†290
$150k–200k11%†89
$200k or more15%†116

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

783 households (±370)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Own64%499
Rent36%†284

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

284 households (±360)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $75089%†253
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50011%†31

Home values

499 homes (±112)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under $150k2.0%†10
$150k–250k11%†57
$250k–400k22%†110

Age of homes

783 homes (±370)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

2010 or later14%†108
2000–200924%†187
1980–199943%†335

Size of homes

783 homes (±370)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom1.7%†13
2 bedrooms36%†281

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,226 workers (±812)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Drive alone59%†723
Carpool27%†332
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.1%†13
Bike0.0%0
Work from home13%†158
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,068 workers (±812)

Riverview, South Carolina
South Carolina share

Under 15 min18%†187
15–29 min68%†727
30–44 min13%†

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of York County, the county holding most of Riverview's residents.

York County has 6,231 employer establishments, 209 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.92× South Carolina's), with 97,731 paid employees at an average annual pay of $55,857. The Census Bureau also counts 24,974 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,231; 24,974 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 209; US 248 · South Carolina 228
Paid employees: 97,731
Average annual pay: $55,857; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of York County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	501	16.8	0.81×About typical	4,935	$67,537	981
Restaurants and other eating places	458	15.4	0.84×About typical	10,228	$19,357	103
Specialty trade contractors	433	14.5	0.94×About typical	3,445	$62,968	1,555
Lessors of real estate	395	13.3	1.08×About typical	1,123	$49,077	2,239
Religious organizations	243	8.2	1.47×More than typical	1,725	$27,008	—
Limited-service restaurants	210	7.1	0.88×About typical	4,782	$17,560	40
Real estate agents and brokers	206	6.9	1.42×More than typical	355	$46,696	776
Full-service restaurants	193	6.5	0.84×About typical	4,694	$21,617	38
Services to buildings and dwellings	188	6.3	0.94×About typical	1,386	$31,085	1,722
Offices of other health practitioners	169	5.7	0.93×About typical	693	$45,444	528
Building equipment contractors	165	5.5	0.92×About typical	1,564	$61,269	316
Construction of buildings	153	5.1	0.68×Fewer than typical	722	$65,663	745

Rank places for an industry Open York County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 297,770 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

In FY2026, an estimated $157.5K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Riverview, South Carolina: $74.27 per resident (US $1,995).

Obligations: $157.5K; +1.8% vs FY2025
Per resident: $74.27; US $1,995
Sole-source: 0.1%; US 30%
Single offer: 1.5%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

National Science Foundation$131K83%
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service$18.6K12%
Defense Logistics Agency$7,9185.0%

Top recipients

DELTA BRAVO ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE INC$131K83%
RIHZYN, LLC$18.6K12%
SIGMA PRODUCTS & MFG$7,9185.0%

Spending by fiscal year

28.6KFY2017
27.7KFY2018
27.6KFY2019
13.9KFY2020
18.6KFY2021
11.9KFY2022
18.4KFY2023
57.7K

Top industries (NAICS)

Scientific research and development services · 5417$131K83%
Specialized freight trucking · 4842$18.6K12%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$7,9185.0%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 6, 2026, loaded Oct 6, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Riverview, South Carolina, so they do not add up across cities.

Riverview, South Carolina's figures are part of those of York County, SC ($23.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.7% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Riverview is mostly in York County.

See federal money in York County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Riverview, South Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ralph NormanR-SC-5 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 11.3%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

York County74100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC75

Other cities and towns in York County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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