Harwood Heights vs Riverside

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

Harwood Heights 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 8,851 in Harwood Heights). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $79,651 in Harwood Heights). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $316,400 in Harwood Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
Population	8,851	9,079
Median age	41.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$79,651	$149,219
Median home value	$316,400	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,166	$1,435
Housing units	3,692	3,831
Homeownership rate	59.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.6%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
Population	8,487 → 8,851 (+4.3%)	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$64,523 → $79,651 (+23.4%)	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$267,300 → $316,400 (+18.4%)	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$986 → $1,166 (+18.3%)	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)

Harwood Heights

Population

8,4878,851

Median household income

$64,523$79,651

Median home value

$267,300$316,400

Median gross rent

$986$1,166

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)

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
Under 5	6.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	15.6%	21.0%
18 to 24	5.9%	4.2%
25 to 34	10.2%	6.3%
35 to 44	17.1%	14.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.5%
55 to 64	14.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.7%	12.0%
75 and over	8.6%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	66.8%	65.3%
Black or African American	0.8%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	9.4%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	20.2%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
No high school diploma	14.2%	1.7%
High school graduate	27.6%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.9%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
Drove alone	70.9%	60.5%
Carpooled	4.7%	3.7%
Public transit	7.8%	10.3%
Walked	2.4%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.6%
Worked from home	11.6%	22.1%
Other means	2.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
1-unit, detached	46.4%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	11.5%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	22.2%	11.4%
20 or more units	19.9%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Harwood Heights	Riverside
Poverty rate	6.7%	4.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1967	1938