Hainesville vs Riverwoods

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

Hainesville 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 3,524 in Hainesville). Riverwoods has the higher median household income ($243,036 vs $126,125 in Hainesville). Riverwoods has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $218,500 in Hainesville).

Population, income & housing

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
Population	3,524	3,988
Median age	40.2 yrs	50.1 yrs
Median household income	$126,125	$243,036
Median home value	$218,500	$796,100
Median gross rent	$1,219	$3,175
Housing units	1,294	1,418
Homeownership rate	89.4%	96.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	76.4%
Unemployment rate	3.1%	0.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
Population	3,606 → 3,524 (-2.3%)	3,618 → 3,988 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$90,931 → $126,125 (+38.7%)	$207,188 → $243,036 (+17.3%)
Median home value	$169,200 → $218,500 (+29.1%)	$714,500 → $796,100 (+11.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,219 (-16.2%)	$2,539 → $3,175 (+25.0%)

Hainesville

Population

3,6063,524

Median household income

$90,931$126,125

Median home value

$169,200$218,500

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,219

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)

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
Under 5	3.4%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.1%	16.5%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.7%
25 to 34	10.8%	3.6%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.4%
45 to 54	20.7%	13.6%
55 to 64	16.8%	18.3%
65 to 74	5.2%	14.8%
75 and over	2.6%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
White (non-Hispanic)	58.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	9.4%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	24.3%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
No high school diploma	7.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	26.5%	9.6%
Some college or associate's	26.3%	11.2%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	38.7%
Graduate or professional degree	12.6%	37.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
Drove alone	73.0%	61.8%
Carpooled	10.5%	2.4%
Public transit	0.0%	4.1%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	29.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
1-unit, detached	60.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	32.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hainesville	Riverwoods
Poverty rate	12.5%	0.9%
Average household size	2.81	3.02
Mean commute (minutes)	32	36
Median year structure built	1996	1984