Glenwood vs Riverside

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

Glenwood 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 8,620 in Glenwood). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $71,376 in Glenwood). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $182,900 in Glenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Glenwood	Riverside
Population	8,620	9,079
Median age	39.3 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$71,376	$149,219
Median home value	$182,900	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,639	$1,435
Housing units	3,443	3,831
Homeownership rate	77.9%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.9%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	16.5%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenwood	Riverside
Population	8,657 → 8,620 (-0.4%)	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$67,554 → $71,376 (+5.7%)	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $182,900 (+45.2%)	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,586 → $1,639 (+3.3%)	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)

Glenwood

Population

8,6578,620

Median household income

$67,554$71,376

Median home value

$126,000$182,900

Median gross rent

$1,586$1,639

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)

	Glenwood	Riverside
Under 5	5.8%	5.9%
5 to 17	20.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.2%
25 to 34	11.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	14.6%
45 to 54	15.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.0%
75 and over	6.8%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenwood	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	20.8%	65.3%
Black or African American	68.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	0.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenwood	Riverside
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.7%
High school graduate	20.4%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	36.3%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenwood	Riverside
Drove alone	68.2%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	3.7%
Public transit	6.5%	10.3%
Walked	8.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	10.6%	22.1%
Other means	1.7%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenwood	Riverside
1-unit, detached	81.7%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	6.1%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	11.4%
20 or more units	8.3%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Glenwood	Riverside
Poverty rate	14.0%	4.1%
Average household size	2.75	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1968	1938