Inverness vs North Riverside

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

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

Inverness has the higher population (7,541 vs 7,495 in North Riverside). Inverness has the higher median household income ($215,810 vs $80,753 in North Riverside). Inverness has the higher median home value ($704,100 vs $295,100 in North Riverside).

Population, income & housing

	Inverness	North Riverside
Population	7,541	7,495
Median age	54.3 yrs	37.4 yrs
Median household income	$215,810	$80,753
Median home value	$704,100	$295,100
Median gross rent	$3,501	$1,254
Housing units	2,938	3,078
Homeownership rate	97.9%	66.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.8%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Inverness	North Riverside
Population	7,633 → 7,541 (-1.2%)	6,646 → 7,495 (+12.8%)
Median household income	$192,576 → $215,810 (+12.1%)	$59,340 → $80,753 (+36.1%)
Median home value	$628,700 → $704,100 (+12.0%)	$249,400 → $295,100 (+18.3%)
Median gross rent	$3,250 → $3,501 (+7.7%)	$1,034 → $1,254 (+21.3%)

Inverness

Population

7,6337,541

Median household income

$192,576$215,810

Median home value

$628,700$704,100

Median gross rent

$3,250$3,501

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)

	Inverness	North Riverside
Under 5	3.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.5%	20.0%
18 to 24	4.4%	10.6%
25 to 34	5.0%	9.4%
35 to 44	9.0%	15.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.8%
55 to 64	20.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	17.6%	10.0%
75 and over	11.3%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Inverness	North Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	74.2%	59.5%
Black or African American	1.4%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	21.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.0%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Inverness	North Riverside
No high school diploma	2.2%	6.8%
High school graduate	8.9%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	20.0%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	37.4%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	31.4%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Inverness	North Riverside
Drove alone	69.2%	74.8%
Carpooled	1.4%	5.3%
Public transit	3.7%	2.7%
Walked	1.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	14.8%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Inverness	North Riverside
1-unit, detached	86.6%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	11.4%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	22.5%
20 or more units	0.2%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Inverness	North Riverside
Poverty rate	2.7%	4.3%
Average household size	2.75	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	32
Median year structure built	1984	1955