River Grove vs Summit

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

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

Summit has the higher population (10,896 vs 10,482 in River Grove). River Grove has the higher median household income ($74,793 vs $60,417 in Summit). River Grove has the higher median home value ($244,700 vs $224,800 in Summit).

Population, income & housing

	River Grove	Summit
Population	10,482	10,896
Median age	36.6 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,793	$60,417
Median home value	$244,700	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,012
Housing units	4,456	3,934
Homeownership rate	59.6%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Grove	Summit
Population	10,076 → 10,482 (+4.0%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$59,814 → $74,793 (+25.0%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$211,200 → $244,700 (+15.9%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,230 (+26.5%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

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

Summit

Population

11,26010,896

Median household income

$47,377$60,417

Median home value

$170,800$224,800

Median gross rent

$874$1,012

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Grove	Summit
Under 5	4.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.9%	17.6%
18 to 24	8.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	17.0%	14.7%
35 to 44	13.4%	12.6%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	11.1%	12.8%
65 to 74	10.2%	11.2%
75 and over	5.2%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Grove	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	12.3%
Black or African American	0.1%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Grove	Summit
No high school diploma	8.5%	32.0%
High school graduate	28.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Grove	Summit
Drove alone	71.9%	66.2%
Carpooled	5.4%	18.1%
Public transit	8.3%	9.0%
Walked	0.1%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.3%
Worked from home	12.1%	3.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Grove	Summit
1-unit, detached	47.8%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	31.5%	8.9%
20 or more units	10.2%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	River Grove	Summit
Poverty rate	5.5%	12.0%
Average household size	2.55	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1961	1958