North Riverside vs Stickney

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

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

North Riverside has the higher population (7,495 vs 6,957 in Stickney). North Riverside has the higher median household income ($80,753 vs $67,307 in Stickney). North Riverside has the higher median home value ($295,100 vs $236,000 in Stickney).

Population, income & housing

	North Riverside	Stickney
Population	7,495	6,957
Median age	37.4 yrs	37.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,753	$67,307
Median home value	$295,100	$236,000
Median gross rent	$1,254	$1,114
Housing units	3,078	2,822
Homeownership rate	66.7%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.6%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	North Riverside	Stickney
Population	6,646 → 7,495 (+12.8%)	6,679 → 6,957 (+4.2%)
Median household income	$59,340 → $80,753 (+36.1%)	$65,257 → $67,307 (+3.1%)
Median home value	$249,400 → $295,100 (+18.3%)	$191,000 → $236,000 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,034 → $1,254 (+21.3%)	$1,057 → $1,114 (+5.4%)

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

Stickney

Population

6,6796,957

Median household income

$65,257$67,307

Median home value

$191,000$236,000

Median gross rent

$1,057$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	North Riverside	Stickney
Under 5	4.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	20.0%	18.2%
18 to 24	10.6%	11.2%
25 to 34	9.4%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.8%
45 to 54	10.8%	10.8%
55 to 64	10.1%	11.7%
65 to 74	10.0%	8.5%
75 and over	9.3%	8.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	North Riverside	Stickney
White (non-Hispanic)	59.5%	32.5%
Black or African American	8.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	1.6%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	65.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	North Riverside	Stickney
No high school diploma	6.8%	11.6%
High school graduate	26.9%	33.2%
Some college or associate's	25.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	16.3%
Graduate or professional degree	18.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	North Riverside	Stickney
Drove alone	74.8%	83.5%
Carpooled	5.3%	1.5%
Public transit	2.7%	3.6%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.8%	10.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	North Riverside	Stickney
1-unit, detached	70.8%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	1.6%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	2.0%	1.5%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	16.6%
20 or more units	3.1%	1.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	North Riverside	Stickney
Poverty rate	4.3%	11.6%
Average household size	2.53	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	32	28
Median year structure built	1955	1956