Riverside vs Sauk Village

A side-by-side comparison of Riverside and Sauk Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Riverside and Sauk Village are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sauk Village has the higher population (9,724 vs 9,079 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $56,946 in Sauk Village). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $101,900 in Sauk Village).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Sauk Village
Population	9,079	9,724
Median age	42.8 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$149,219	$56,946
Median home value	$460,500	$101,900
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,504
Housing units	3,831	3,673
Homeownership rate	84.8%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.8%	18.7%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	14.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Sauk Village
Population	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)	10,423 → 9,724 (-6.7%)
Median household income	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)	$38,788 → $56,946 (+46.8%)
Median home value	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)	$70,400 → $101,900 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)	$1,146 → $1,504 (+31.2%)

Riverside

Population

8,7599,079

Median household income

$111,657$149,219

Median home value

$406,300$460,500

Median gross rent

$1,209$1,435

Sauk Village

Population

10,4239,724

Median household income

$38,788$56,946

Median home value

$70,400$101,900

Median gross rent

$1,146$1,504

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Sauk Village
Under 5	5.9%	6.5%
5 to 17	21.0%	18.9%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.7%
25 to 34	6.3%	19.9%
35 to 44	14.6%	13.1%
45 to 54	14.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	7.9%
75 and over	6.2%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Sauk Village
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	15.0%
Black or African American	0.6%	60.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.5%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	13.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Sauk Village
No high school diploma	1.7%	9.7%
High school graduate	11.8%	37.2%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	34.4%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Sauk Village
Drove alone	60.5%	83.5%
Carpooled	3.7%	4.5%
Public transit	10.3%	2.7%
Walked	1.7%	2.9%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.1%	4.7%
Other means	1.1%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Sauk Village
1-unit, detached	71.9%	74.8%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	8.1%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	3.6%
20 or more units	3.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	10.3%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Sauk Village
Poverty rate	4.1%	20.6%
Average household size	2.57	3.05
Mean commute (minutes)	32	38
Median year structure built	1938	1975