River Forest vs Schiller Park

A side-by-side comparison of River Forest and Schiller Park: population, income, housing, and more.

River Forest and Schiller Park are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

River Forest has the higher population (11,489 vs 11,454 in Schiller Park). River Forest has the higher median household income ($148,711 vs $67,473 in Schiller Park). River Forest has the higher median home value ($676,900 vs $276,200 in Schiller Park).

Population, income & housing

	River Forest	Schiller Park
Population	11,489	11,454
Median age	40.1 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$148,711	$67,473
Median home value	$676,900	$276,200
Median gross rent	$1,411	$1,214
Housing units	4,494	4,423
Homeownership rate	89.0%	53.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	73.4%	27.8%
Unemployment rate	6.8%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Forest	Schiller Park
Population	10,970 → 11,489 (+4.7%)	11,621 → 11,454 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$129,928 → $148,711 (+14.5%)	$54,099 → $67,473 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$596,900 → $676,900 (+13.4%)	$203,200 → $276,200 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,143 → $1,411 (+23.4%)	$1,031 → $1,214 (+17.7%)

River Forest

Population

10,97011,489

Median household income

$129,928$148,711

Median home value

$596,900$676,900

Median gross rent

$1,143$1,411

Schiller Park

Population

11,62111,454

Median household income

$54,099$67,473

Median home value

$203,200$276,200

Median gross rent

$1,031$1,214

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Forest	Schiller Park
Under 5	5.8%	6.7%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	8.7%
25 to 34	9.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	12.6%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.3%
75 and over	7.9%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Forest	Schiller Park
White (non-Hispanic)	78.3%	63.5%
Black or African American	4.6%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.7%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	30.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Forest	Schiller Park
No high school diploma	3.3%	13.4%
High school graduate	7.0%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	16.4%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	29.9%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	43.4%	6.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Forest	Schiller Park
Drove alone	46.5%	82.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	7.6%
Public transit	17.8%	2.6%
Walked	6.3%	1.2%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.8%	4.7%
Other means	0.2%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Forest	Schiller Park
1-unit, detached	60.8%	44.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	13.7%
5 to 19 units	15.9%	28.9%
20 or more units	12.5%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	River Forest	Schiller Park
Poverty rate	2.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.47	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	31	26
Median year structure built	1945	1963