Perkinsville vs River Forest

A side-by-side comparison of Perkinsville and River Forest: population, income, housing, and more.

Perkinsville and River Forest are places in Indiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Perkinsville has the higher population (98 vs 11 in River Forest). River Forest has the higher median household income ($193,750 vs $47,303 in Perkinsville). River Forest has the higher median home value ($316,700 vs $90,000 in Perkinsville).

Population, income & housing

	Perkinsville	River Forest
Population	98	11
Median age	58.4 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$47,303	$193,750
Median home value	$90,000	$316,700
Housing units	51	5
Homeownership rate	62.7%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.3%	50.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Perkinsville	River Forest
Population	102 → 98 (-3.9%)	12 → 11 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$67,250 → $47,303 (-29.7%)	$119,375 → $193,750 (+62.3%)
Median home value	$73,500 → $90,000 (+22.4%)	$193,800 → $316,700 (+63.4%)

Perkinsville

Population

10298

Median household income

$67,250$47,303

Median home value

$73,500$90,000

River Forest

Population

1211

Median household income

$119,375$193,750

Median home value

$193,800$316,700

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Perkinsville	River Forest
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	0.0%	0.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	27.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	16.3%	0.0%
45 to 54	22.4%	27.3%
55 to 64	25.5%	27.3%
65 to 74	35.7%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	18.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Perkinsville	River Forest
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	9.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Perkinsville	River Forest
No high school diploma	41.8%	0.0%
High school graduate	16.3%	25.0%
Some college or associate's	25.5%	25.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.3%	25.0%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Perkinsville	River Forest
Drove alone	43.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	56.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Perkinsville	River Forest
1-unit, detached	62.7%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
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	37.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Perkinsville	River Forest
Poverty rate	9.2%	18.2%
Average household size	1.92	2.20
Mean commute (minutes)	27	—
Median year structure built	1952	1945