Crestwood vs Riverdale

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

Crestwood and Riverdale 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 10,515 in Riverdale). Crestwood has the higher median household income ($68,686 vs $45,709 in Riverdale). Crestwood has the higher median home value ($187,700 vs $104,800 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Crestwood	Riverdale
Population	10,622	10,515
Median age	50.7 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,686	$45,709
Median home value	$187,700	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,300	$1,204
Housing units	5,348	5,225
Homeownership rate	77.2%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crestwood	Riverdale
Population	10,831 → 10,622 (-1.9%)	12,793 → 10,515 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$61,132 → $68,686 (+12.4%)	$35,711 → $45,709 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$154,300 → $187,700 (+21.6%)	$79,000 → $104,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$927 → $1,300 (+40.2%)	$980 → $1,204 (+22.9%)

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

Riverdale

Population

12,79310,515

Median household income

$35,711$45,709

Median home value

$79,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$980$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crestwood	Riverdale
Under 5	3.5%	11.2%
5 to 17	10.4%	19.6%
18 to 24	5.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	9.9%	11.8%
45 to 54	9.1%	10.1%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.0%	7.7%
75 and over	12.5%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crestwood	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	68.8%	3.0%
Black or African American	12.4%	88.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.2%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	14.6%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crestwood	Riverdale
No high school diploma	8.9%	8.8%
High school graduate	30.6%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crestwood	Riverdale
Drove alone	81.4%	63.3%
Carpooled	1.2%	6.7%
Public transit	5.0%	17.5%
Walked	0.8%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	7.4%
Other means	0.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crestwood	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	42.5%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	1.4%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	49.4%	20.9%
20 or more units	5.3%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Crestwood	Riverdale
Poverty rate	10.3%	32.3%
Average household size	1.98	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	34	36
Median year structure built	1975	1957