Glencoe vs Riverside

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

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

Riverside has the higher population (9,079 vs 8,715 in Glencoe). Glencoe has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $149,219 in Riverside). Glencoe has the higher median home value ($1,354,900 vs $460,500 in Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Glencoe	Riverside
Population	8,715	9,079
Median age	45.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$149,219
Median home value	$1,354,900	$460,500
Median gross rent	$2,097	$1,435
Housing units	3,264	3,831
Homeownership rate	91.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.2%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glencoe	Riverside
Population	8,888 → 8,715 (-1.9%)	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$248,851 → $250,001 (+0.5%)	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$953,700 → $1,354,900 (+42.1%)	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,574 → $2,097 (+33.2%)	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)

Glencoe

Population

8,8888,715

Median household income

$248,851$250,001

Median home value

$953,700$1,354,900

Median gross rent

$1,574$2,097

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)

	Glencoe	Riverside
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	22.1%	21.0%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.2%
25 to 34	2.3%	6.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.9%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.8%	12.0%
75 and over	9.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glencoe	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	92.7%	65.3%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.8%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	2.2%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glencoe	Riverside
No high school diploma	0.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	3.1%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	38.2%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	50.0%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glencoe	Riverside
Drove alone	46.7%	60.5%
Carpooled	2.2%	3.7%
Public transit	19.2%	10.3%
Walked	2.5%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	27.9%	22.1%
Other means	1.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glencoe	Riverside
1-unit, detached	90.7%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	1.4%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	11.4%
20 or more units	2.8%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Glencoe	Riverside
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.87	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	38	32
Median year structure built	1955	1938