Calumet Park vs North Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Calumet Park and North Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

Calumet Park and North Riverside are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

North Riverside has the higher population (7,495 vs 6,836 in Calumet Park). North Riverside has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $57,389 in Calumet Park). North Riverside has the higher median home value ($295,100 vs $180,800 in Calumet Park).

Population, income & housing

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
Population	6,836	7,495
Median age	36.5 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$57,389	$80,753
Median home value	$180,800	$295,100
Median gross rent	$1,157	$1,254
Housing units	3,099	3,078
Homeownership rate	57.5%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.8%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	17.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
Population	8,208 → 6,836 (-16.7%)	6,646 → 7,495 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$48,092 → $57,389 (+19.3%)	$59,340 → $80,753 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$106,600 → $180,800 (+69.6%)	$249,400 → $295,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$929 → $1,157 (+24.5%)	$1,034 → $1,254 (+21.3%)

Calumet Park

Population

8,2086,836

Median household income

$48,092$57,389

Median home value

$106,600$180,800

Median gross rent

$929$1,157

North Riverside

Population

6,6467,495

Median household income

$59,340$80,753

Median home value

$249,400$295,100

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
Under 5	4.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	25.6%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.0%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.4%
35 to 44	14.8%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	11.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	8.7%	10.0%
75 and over	6.9%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	2.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	80.7%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.8%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
No high school diploma	10.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	22.7%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	48.2%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
Drove alone	64.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.9%	5.3%
Public transit	15.2%	2.7%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	14.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
1-unit, detached	66.4%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	6.9%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	20.6%	22.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Calumet Park	North Riverside
Poverty rate	13.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.58	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	37	32
Median year structure built	1958	1955