Flossmoor vs Riverside

A side-by-side comparison of Flossmoor and Riverside: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Flossmoor has the higher population (9,666 vs 9,079 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $137,768 in Flossmoor). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $309,100 in Flossmoor).

Population, income & housing

	Flossmoor	Riverside
Population	9,666	9,079
Median age	44.2 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$137,768	$149,219
Median home value	$309,100	$460,500
Median gross rent	$2,191	$1,435
Housing units	3,809	3,831
Homeownership rate	95.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	67.0%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Flossmoor	Riverside
Population	9,472 → 9,666 (+2.0%)	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$115,288 → $137,768 (+19.5%)	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$239,500 → $309,100 (+29.1%)	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,021 → $2,191 (+8.4%)	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)

Flossmoor

Population

9,4729,666

Median household income

$115,288$137,768

Median home value

$239,500$309,100

Median gross rent

$2,021$2,191

Riverside

Population

8,7599,079

Median household income

$111,657$149,219

Median home value

$406,300$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,435

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Flossmoor	Riverside
Under 5	5.3%	5.9%
5 to 17	18.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	3.7%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	15.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.2%	12.0%
75 and over	5.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Flossmoor	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	27.4%	65.3%
Black or African American	62.7%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.7%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.4%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Flossmoor	Riverside
No high school diploma	0.9%	1.7%
High school graduate	8.7%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	34.3%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	32.7%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Flossmoor	Riverside
Drove alone	45.4%	60.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	3.7%
Public transit	14.5%	10.3%
Walked	0.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	33.7%	22.1%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Flossmoor	Riverside
1-unit, detached	84.7%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	3.6%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	2.3%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	6.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Flossmoor	Riverside
Poverty rate	2.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.66	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1967	1938