Lynwood vs Riverside

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

Lynwood 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 9,047 in Lynwood). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $76,619 in Lynwood). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $213,700 in Lynwood).

Population, income & housing

	Lynwood	Riverside
Population	9,047	9,079
Median age	39.5 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,619	$149,219
Median home value	$213,700	$460,500
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,435
Housing units	3,664	3,831
Homeownership rate	81.4%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.6%	69.8%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Lynwood	Riverside
Population	9,279 → 9,047 (-2.5%)	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$66,652 → $76,619 (+15.0%)	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)
Median home value	$150,800 → $213,700 (+41.7%)	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)
Median gross rent	$913 → $1,151 (+26.1%)	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)

Lynwood

Population

9,2799,047

Median household income

$66,652$76,619

Median home value

$150,800$213,700

Median gross rent

$913$1,151

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)

	Lynwood	Riverside
Under 5	7.7%	5.9%
5 to 17	17.3%	21.0%
18 to 24	12.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	9.1%	6.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	12.4%	12.0%
75 and over	8.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Lynwood	Riverside
White (non-Hispanic)	13.5%	65.3%
Black or African American	65.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.3%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	11.0%	3.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.7%	29.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Lynwood	Riverside
No high school diploma	8.1%	1.7%
High school graduate	24.7%	11.8%
Some college or associate's	27.6%	16.7%
Bachelor's degree	25.0%	33.7%
Graduate or professional degree	14.6%	36.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Lynwood	Riverside
Drove alone	63.6%	60.5%
Carpooled	9.5%	3.7%
Public transit	6.4%	10.3%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	17.9%	22.1%
Other means	2.6%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Lynwood	Riverside
1-unit, detached	57.9%	71.9%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	3.1%
2 to 4 units	9.0%	9.6%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	11.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Lynwood	Riverside
Poverty rate	12.9%	4.1%
Average household size	2.69	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	52	32
Median year structure built	1988	1938