River Grove vs Worth

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

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

Worth has the higher population (10,731 vs 10,482 in River Grove). River Grove has the higher median household income ($74,793 vs $56,998 in Worth). River Grove has the higher median home value ($244,700 vs $220,200 in Worth).

Population, income & housing

	River Grove	Worth
Population	10,482	10,731
Median age	36.6 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$74,793	$56,998
Median home value	$244,700	$220,200
Median gross rent	$1,230	$1,164
Housing units	4,456	4,558
Homeownership rate	59.6%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.8%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	4.1%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	River Grove	Worth
Population	10,076 → 10,482 (+4.0%)	10,633 → 10,731 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$59,814 → $74,793 (+25.0%)	$60,516 → $56,998 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$211,200 → $244,700 (+15.9%)	$171,200 → $220,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$972 → $1,230 (+26.5%)	$975 → $1,164 (+19.4%)

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

Worth

Population

10,63310,731

Median household income

$60,516$56,998

Median home value

$171,200$220,200

Median gross rent

$975$1,164

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	River Grove	Worth
Under 5	4.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	18.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	8.7%	8.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	12.4%
35 to 44	13.4%	13.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.4%
55 to 64	11.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	8.2%
75 and over	5.2%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	River Grove	Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	58.7%	69.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.5%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	36.5%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	River Grove	Worth
No high school diploma	8.5%	11.4%
High school graduate	28.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	20.8%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	River Grove	Worth
Drove alone	71.9%	79.3%
Carpooled	5.4%	6.2%
Public transit	8.3%	1.0%
Walked	0.1%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.8%
Worked from home	12.1%	8.1%
Other means	1.7%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	River Grove	Worth
1-unit, detached	47.8%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	31.5%	30.6%
20 or more units	10.2%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	River Grove	Worth
Poverty rate	5.5%	21.1%
Average household size	2.55	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	28
Median year structure built	1961	1967