Hillside vs North Riverside

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

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

Hillside has the higher population (8,133 vs 7,495 in North Riverside). North Riverside has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $70,772 in Hillside). North Riverside has the higher median home value ($295,100 vs $233,800 in Hillside).

Population, income & housing

	Hillside	North Riverside
Population	8,133	7,495
Median age	42.6 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$70,772	$80,753
Median home value	$233,800	$295,100
Median gross rent	$1,265	$1,254
Housing units	3,097	3,078
Homeownership rate	69.1%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	3.2%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hillside	North Riverside
Population	8,080 → 8,133 (+0.7%)	6,646 → 7,495 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$57,298 → $70,772 (+23.5%)	$59,340 → $80,753 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$171,900 → $233,800 (+36.0%)	$249,400 → $295,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,181 → $1,265 (+7.1%)	$1,034 → $1,254 (+21.3%)

Hillside

Population

8,0808,133

Median household income

$57,298$70,772

Median home value

$171,900$233,800

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,265

North Riverside

Population

6,6467,495

Median household income

$59,340$80,753

Median home value

$249,400$295,100

Median gross rent

$1,034$1,254

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hillside	North Riverside
Under 5	7.0%	4.8%
5 to 17	13.4%	20.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	13.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	11.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.0%	10.8%
55 to 64	14.7%	10.1%
65 to 74	9.4%	10.0%
75 and over	8.6%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hillside	North Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	19.1%	59.5%
Black or African American	45.1%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	33.3%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hillside	North Riverside
No high school diploma	19.0%	6.8%
High school graduate	27.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.1%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hillside	North Riverside
Drove alone	68.4%	74.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.3%
Public transit	6.2%	2.7%
Walked	1.6%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	14.8%
Other means	1.5%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hillside	North Riverside
1-unit, detached	66.1%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	16.8%	22.5%
20 or more units	12.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hillside	North Riverside
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.3%
Average household size	2.59	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	32
Median year structure built	1960	1955