River Grove vs Riverdale

A side-by-side comparison of River Grove and Riverdale: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverdale has the higher population (10,515 vs 10,482 in River Grove). River Grove has the higher median household income ($74,793 vs $45,709 in Riverdale). River Grove has the higher median home value ($244,700 vs $104,800 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	River Grove	Riverdale
Population	10,482	10,515
Median age	36.6 yrs	33.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,793	$45,709
Median home value	$244,700	$104,800
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,204
Housing units	4,456	5,225
Homeownership rate	59.6%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	14.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Grove	Riverdale
Population	10,076 → 10,482 (+4.0%)	12,793 → 10,515 (-17.8%)
Median household income	$59,814 → $74,793 (+25.0%)	$35,711 → $45,709 (+28.0%)
Median home value	$211,200 → $244,700 (+15.9%)	$79,000 → $104,800 (+32.7%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,230 (+26.5%)	$980 → $1,204 (+22.9%)

River Grove

Population

10,07610,482

Median household income

$59,814$74,793

Median home value

$211,200$244,700

Median gross rent

$972$1,230

Riverdale

Population

12,79310,515

Median household income

$35,711$45,709

Median home value

$79,000$104,800

Median gross rent

$980$1,204

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Grove	Riverdale
Under 5	4.4%	11.2%
5 to 17	18.9%	19.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.4%	11.8%
45 to 54	11.2%	10.1%
55 to 64	11.1%	14.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	7.7%
75 and over	5.2%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Grove	Riverdale
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	3.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	88.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Grove	Riverdale
No high school diploma	8.5%	8.8%
High school graduate	28.9%	33.9%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	40.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	10.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	7.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Grove	Riverdale
Drove alone	71.9%	63.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.7%
Public transit	8.3%	17.5%
Walked	0.1%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.1%	7.4%
Other means	1.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Grove	Riverdale
1-unit, detached	47.8%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	8.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	10.5%
5 to 19 units	31.5%	20.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	4.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	River Grove	Riverdale
Poverty rate	5.5%	32.3%
Average household size	2.55	2.71
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1961	1957