Deer Park vs Riverwoods

A side-by-side comparison of Deer Park and Riverwoods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Riverwoods has the higher population (3,988 vs 3,711 in Deer Park). Riverwoods has the higher median household income ($243,036 vs $160,750 in Deer Park). Riverwoods has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $636,200 in Deer Park).

Population, income & housing

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
Population	3,711	3,988
Median age	43.7 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$160,750	$243,036
Median home value	$636,200	$796,100
Median gross rent	$2,389	$3,175
Housing units	1,415	1,418
Homeownership rate	78.2%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	71.9%	76.4%
Unemployment rate	2.0%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
Population	3,884 → 3,711 (-4.5%)	3,618 → 3,988 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$167,448 → $160,750 (-4.0%)	$207,188 → $243,036 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$552,800 → $636,200 (+15.1%)	$714,500 → $796,100 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,302 → $2,389 (+83.5%)	$2,539 → $3,175 (+25.0%)

Deer Park

Population

3,8843,711

Median household income

$167,448$160,750

Median home value

$552,800$636,200

Median gross rent

$1,302$2,389

Riverwoods

Population

3,6183,988

Median household income

$207,188$243,036

Median home value

$714,500$796,100

Median gross rent

$2,539$3,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
Under 5	5.8%	4.5%
5 to 17	21.9%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.1%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.2%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.0%	13.6%
55 to 64	14.7%	18.3%
65 to 74	11.1%	14.8%
75 and over	8.8%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
White (non-Hispanic)	82.8%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.3%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	3.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
No high school diploma	1.6%	2.9%
High school graduate	12.1%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	14.4%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	40.1%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	31.9%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
Drove alone	53.8%	61.8%
Carpooled	5.7%	2.4%
Public transit	5.8%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	33.8%	29.8%
Other means	0.9%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
1-unit, detached	69.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	4.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	23.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deer Park	Riverwoods
Poverty rate	1.4%	0.9%
Average household size	2.79	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	29	36
Median year structure built	1988	1984