Riverwoods vs Wadsworth

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

Riverwoods and Wadsworth 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 3,535 in Wadsworth). Riverwoods has the higher median household income ($243,036 vs $121,583 in Wadsworth). Riverwoods has the higher median home value ($796,100 vs $377,900 in Wadsworth).

Population, income & housing

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
Population	3,988	3,535
Median age	50.1 yrs	40.1 yrs
Median household income	$243,036	$121,583
Median home value	$796,100	$377,900
Median gross rent	$3,175	$1,052
Housing units	1,418	1,365
Homeownership rate	96.0%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	76.4%	50.1%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	12.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
Population	3,618 → 3,988 (+10.2%)	3,563 → 3,535 (-0.8%)
Median household income	$207,188 → $243,036 (+17.3%)	$100,982 → $121,583 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$714,500 → $796,100 (+11.4%)	$294,900 → $377,900 (+28.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,539 → $3,175 (+25.0%)	$1,221 → $1,052 (-13.8%)

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

Wadsworth

Population

3,5633,535

Median household income

$100,982$121,583

Median home value

$294,900$377,900

Median gross rent

$1,221$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
Under 5	4.5%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.5%	20.6%
18 to 24	9.7%	10.2%
25 to 34	3.6%	6.8%
35 to 44	10.4%	13.2%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.4%
55 to 64	18.3%	18.6%
65 to 74	14.8%	7.2%
75 and over	8.6%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	73.6%
Black or African American	2.6%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	3.3%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	16.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
No high school diploma	2.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	9.6%	15.5%
Some college or associate's	11.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	38.7%	32.2%
Graduate or professional degree	37.7%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
Drove alone	61.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	2.4%	1.0%
Public transit	4.1%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.8%	15.4%
Other means	0.4%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
1-unit, detached	100.0%	98.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Riverwoods	Wadsworth
Poverty rate	0.9%	4.7%
Average household size	3.02	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	36	29
Median year structure built	1984	1988