Riverside is a
census-designated place
A census-designated place (CDP) is a concentration of population defined by the United States Census Bureau for statistical purposes only.
CDPs have been used in each decennial census since 1980 as the counterparts of incorporated places, such ...
(CDP) in
Harford County
Harford County is located in the U.S. state of Maryland. As of the 2020 census, the population was 260,924. Its county seat is Bel Air. Harford County is included in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is al ...
,
Maryland
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, United States. The population was 6,425 at the 2010 census.
The term "Riverside" is generally used interchangeably with "Belcamp"; both names are accepted for the
U.S. Postal Service
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's
ZIP Code of 21017. However, the original community of Belcamp is located south of
U.S. Route 40, outside the Riverside CDP.
Geography
Riverside is located at (39.476385, −76.244943).
It is bordered to the north by
Maryland Route 7
Maryland Route 7 (MD 7) is a collection of state highways in the U.S. state of Maryland. Known for much of their length as Philadelphia Road, there are five disjoint mainline sections of the highway totaling that parallel U.S.&nb ...
(Philadelphia Road) and to the south by
U.S. Route 40 (Pulaski Highway). It extends west to the
Bush River and James Run, and to the east it reaches to Grays Run.
Maryland Route 543
Maryland Route 543 (MD 543) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The state highway runs from U.S. Route 40 (US 40) in Riverside north to MD 165 in Pylesville. MD 543 is a north–south highway through central Harford County ...
(Riverside Parkway) passes through the center of the CDP, crossing Route 7 and ending at US 40. Just north of the CDP, MD 543 crosses
Interstate 95
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at Exit 80. I-95 leads southwest to
Baltimore
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and northeast to
Wilmington, Delaware
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.
Bel Air, the Harford County seat, is northwest of Riverside via MD 543.
According to the
United States Census Bureau
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, the Riverside CDP has a total area of , of which , or 0.48%, is water.
Commerce
One of the major revenue sources in Riverside is derived from its location, connecting Route 40 with Interstate 95 via Route 543. Hence, many of the commercial establishments in this area are designed for long-distance drivers. These include four hotels and four gas stations/convenience stores. All commercially zoned property is located off Route 543, also known as the Riverside Parkway.
The Riverside area also includes multiple business parks, among which is a major industrial park that features numerous corporations and business offices such as
Northrop Grumman
Northrop Grumman Corporation is an American multinational aerospace and defense technology company. With 90,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $30 billion, it is one of the world's largest weapons manufacturers and military techn ...
.
Mercedes-Benz
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had a manufacturing building at one time, but that is now closed and the building is for sale. A business park built on Route 40 at the former site of the
Bata Shoes
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factory opened in 2000 and originally provided offices for Clark Turner Signature Homes and SURVICE Engineering. Expansion to the business park has brought in
Booz Allen Hamilton
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and
SafeNet
SafeNet, Inc. was an information security company based in Belcamp, Maryland, United States, which was acquired in August 2014 by the French security company Gemalto. Gemalto was, in turn, acquired by Thales Group in 2019. The former SafeNet's ...
.
Demographics
As of the
census
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of 2000, there were 6,128 people, 2,322 households, and 1,569 families residing in the CDP. The
population density
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was 2,541.0 people per square mile (981.8/km). There were 2,466 housing units at an average density of 1,022.5/sq mi (395.1/km). The racial makeup of the CDP was 79.62%
White
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, 15.19%
African American
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, 0.39%
Native American, 1.58%
Asian
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** Asian people, people in or descending from Asia
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, 0.05%
Pacific Islander
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, 1.17% from
other races
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, and 1.99% from two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to Vic ...
or
Latino
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* Hispanic and Latino Americans in the United States
* The people or cultures of Latin America;
** Latin A ...
of any race were 3.21% of the population.
There were 2,322 households, out of which 40.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were
married couples
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living together, 10.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.4% were non-families. 24.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.59 and the average family size was 3.12.
In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 6.9% from 18 to 24, 43.9% from 25 to 44, 15.5% from 45 to 64, and 4.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 31 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 89.5 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $57,641, and the median income for a family was $60,088. Males had a median income of $40,750 versus $31,600 for females. The
per capita income
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Per capita i ...
for the CDP was $23,158. About 1.6% of families and 3.3% of the population were below the
poverty line
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, including 2.1% of those under age 18 and 3.3% of those age 65 or over.
References
External links
''Baltimore Sun'': "A friendly place to call home"
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Census-designated places in Maryland
Census-designated places in Harford County, Maryland
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