Riverdale vs Summit

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

Riverdale 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 10,515 in Riverdale). Summit has the higher median household income ($60,417 vs $45,709 in Riverdale). Summit has the higher median home value ($224,800 vs $104,800 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	Summit
Population	10,515	10,896
Median age	33.5 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$45,709	$60,417
Median home value	$104,800	$224,800
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,012
Housing units	5,225	3,934
Homeownership rate	53.0%	61.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	12.1%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	Summit
Population	12,793 → 10,515 (-17.8%)	11,260 → 10,896 (-3.2%)
Median household income	$35,711 → $45,709 (+28.0%)	$47,377 → $60,417 (+27.5%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $104,800 (+32.7%)	$170,800 → $224,800 (+31.6%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,204 (+22.9%)	$874 → $1,012 (+15.8%)

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

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)

	Riverdale	Summit
Under 5	11.2%	6.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.2%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.8%	12.6%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.6%	12.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	11.2%
75 and over	3.4%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	Summit
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	12.3%
Black or African American	88.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.1%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	75.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	Summit
No high school diploma	8.8%	32.0%
High school graduate	33.9%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	21.2%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	9.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	Summit
Drove alone	63.3%	66.2%
Carpooled	6.7%	18.1%
Public transit	17.5%	9.0%
Walked	3.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	7.4%	3.4%
Other means	2.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	Summit
1-unit, detached	54.3%	53.7%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	4.0%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	29.3%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	8.9%
20 or more units	4.5%	3.7%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	0.5%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	Summit
Poverty rate	32.3%	12.0%
Average household size	2.71	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1957	1958