Crestwood vs River Grove

A side-by-side comparison of Crestwood and River Grove: population, income, housing, and more.

Crestwood and River Grove are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Crestwood has the higher population (10,622 vs 10,482 in River Grove). River Grove has the higher median household income ($74,793 vs $68,686 in Crestwood). River Grove has the higher median home value ($244,700 vs $187,700 in Crestwood).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	River Grove
Population	10,622	10,482
Median age	50.7 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$68,686	$74,793
Median home value	$187,700	$244,700
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,230
Housing units	5,348	4,456
Homeownership rate	77.2%	59.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	25.8%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	River Grove
Population	10,831 → 10,622 (-1.9%)	10,076 → 10,482 (+4.0%)
Median household income	$61,132 → $68,686 (+12.4%)	$59,814 → $74,793 (+25.0%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $187,700 (+21.6%)	$211,200 → $244,700 (+15.9%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,300 (+40.2%)	$972 → $1,230 (+26.5%)

Crestwood

Population

10,83110,622

Median household income

$61,132$68,686

Median home value

$154,300$187,700

Median gross rent

$927$1,300

River Grove

Population

10,07610,482

Median household income

$59,814$74,793

Median home value

$211,200$244,700

Median gross rent

$972$1,230

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	River Grove
Under 5	3.5%	4.4%
5 to 17	10.4%	18.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.6%	17.0%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.4%
45 to 54	9.1%	11.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	10.2%
75 and over	12.5%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	River Grove
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	58.7%
Black or African American	12.4%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	3.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.2%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	36.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	River Grove
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.5%
High school graduate	30.6%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	20.8%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	5.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	River Grove
Drove alone	81.4%	71.9%
Carpooled	1.2%	5.4%
Public transit	5.0%	8.3%
Walked	0.8%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.4%	12.1%
Other means	0.3%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	River Grove
1-unit, detached	42.5%	47.8%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	49.4%	31.5%
20 or more units	5.3%	10.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	River Grove
Poverty rate	10.3%	5.5%
Average household size	1.98	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	34	33
Median year structure built	1975	1961