Riverdale vs Worth

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

Riverdale 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 10,515 in Riverdale). Worth has the higher median household income ($56,998 vs $45,709 in Riverdale). Worth has the higher median home value ($220,200 vs $104,800 in Riverdale).

Population, income & housing

	Riverdale	Worth
Population	10,515	10,731
Median age	33.5 yrs	39.1 yrs
Median household income	$45,709	$56,998
Median home value	$104,800	$220,200
Median gross rent	$1,204	$1,164
Housing units	5,225	4,558
Homeownership rate	53.0%	65.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	19.8%
Unemployment rate	14.1%	11.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverdale	Worth
Population	12,793 → 10,515 (-17.8%)	10,633 → 10,731 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$35,711 → $45,709 (+28.0%)	$60,516 → $56,998 (-5.8%)
Median home value	$79,000 → $104,800 (+32.7%)	$171,200 → $220,200 (+28.6%)
Median gross rent	$980 → $1,204 (+22.9%)	$975 → $1,164 (+19.4%)

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

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)

	Riverdale	Worth
Under 5	11.2%	5.4%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	8.6%
25 to 34	14.2%	12.4%
35 to 44	11.8%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.4%
55 to 64	14.6%	15.1%
65 to 74	7.7%	8.2%
75 and over	3.4%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverdale	Worth
White (non-Hispanic)	3.0%	69.0%
Black or African American	88.0%	2.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.9%	21.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverdale	Worth
No high school diploma	8.8%	11.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	41.3%
Some college or associate's	40.2%	27.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	15.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverdale	Worth
Drove alone	63.3%	79.3%
Carpooled	6.7%	6.2%
Public transit	17.5%	1.0%
Walked	3.0%	3.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	7.4%	8.1%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverdale	Worth
1-unit, detached	54.3%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	0.2%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	20.9%	30.6%
20 or more units	4.5%	2.5%
Mobile home & other	1.7%	6.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverdale	Worth
Poverty rate	32.3%	21.1%
Average household size	2.71	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	36	28
Median year structure built	1957	1967