Riverside vs Steger

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

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

Steger has the higher population (9,449 vs 9,079 in Riverside). Riverside has the higher median household income ($149,219 vs $59,691 in Steger). Riverside has the higher median home value ($460,500 vs $134,100 in Steger).

Population, income & housing

	Riverside	Steger
Population	9,079	9,449
Median age	42.8 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$149,219	$59,691
Median home value	$460,500	$134,100
Median gross rent	$1,435	$1,035
Housing units	3,831	4,525
Homeownership rate	84.8%	60.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	69.8%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverside	Steger
Population	8,759 → 9,079 (+3.7%)	9,366 → 9,449 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$111,657 → $149,219 (+33.6%)	$49,112 → $59,691 (+21.5%)
Median home value	$406,300 → $460,500 (+13.3%)	$105,200 → $134,100 (+27.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,209 → $1,435 (+18.7%)	$957 → $1,035 (+8.2%)

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

Steger

Population

9,3669,449

Median household income

$49,112$59,691

Median home value

$105,200$134,100

Median gross rent

$957$1,035

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverside	Steger
Under 5	5.9%	4.8%
5 to 17	21.0%	17.4%
18 to 24	4.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	6.3%	12.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	14.5%	11.5%
55 to 64	15.3%	9.7%
65 to 74	12.0%	14.3%
75 and over	6.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverside	Steger
White (non-Hispanic)	65.3%	53.4%
Black or African American	0.6%	17.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.4%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.2%	5.3%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	22.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverside	Steger
No high school diploma	1.7%	11.6%
High school graduate	11.8%	37.8%
Some college or associate's	16.7%	33.8%
Bachelor's degree	33.7%	10.8%
Graduate or professional degree	36.1%	6.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverside	Steger
Drove alone	60.5%	77.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	5.9%
Public transit	10.3%	4.9%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.3%
Worked from home	22.1%	8.2%
Other means	1.1%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverside	Steger
1-unit, detached	71.9%	66.9%
1-unit, attached	3.1%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	13.1%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	12.3%
20 or more units	3.0%	5.9%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverside	Steger
Poverty rate	4.1%	15.0%
Average household size	2.57	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	32	32
Median year structure built	1938	1965