Green Oaks vs Riverwoods

A side-by-side comparison of Green Oaks and Riverwoods: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Green Oaks has the higher population (4,085 vs 3,988 in Riverwoods). Riverwoods has the higher median household income ($243,036 vs $133,472 in Green Oaks). Riverwoods has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $653,500 in Green Oaks).

Population, income & housing

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
Population	4,085	3,988
Median age	48.8 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$133,472	$243,036
Median home value	$653,500	$796,100
Median gross rent	$1,300	$3,175
Housing units	1,636	1,418
Homeownership rate	70.5%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.9%	76.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
Population	3,846 → 4,085 (+6.2%)	3,618 → 3,988 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$165,625 → $133,472 (-19.4%)	$207,188 → $243,036 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$583,200 → $653,500 (+12.1%)	$714,500 → $796,100 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,200 → $1,300 (+8.3%)	$2,539 → $3,175 (+25.0%)

Green Oaks

Population

3,8464,085

Median household income

$165,625$133,472

Median home value

$583,200$653,500

Median gross rent

$1,200$1,300

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)

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
Under 5	5.2%	4.5%
5 to 17	18.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	7.0%	9.7%
25 to 34	5.0%	3.6%
35 to 44	10.5%	10.4%
45 to 54	14.8%	13.6%
55 to 64	11.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	13.7%	14.8%
75 and over	13.5%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.6%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	10.2%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	1.5%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	17.6%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	29.6%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
Drove alone	69.2%	61.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.4%
Public transit	5.2%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.9%	29.8%
Other means	1.1%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
1-unit, detached	68.2%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	11.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	19.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Green Oaks	Riverwoods
Poverty rate	7.6%	0.9%
Average household size	2.50	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	25	36
Median year structure built	1990	1984