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Richton Park, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Richton Park is a Census village of 12,521 people across 4.39 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $64,554, 51.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 7 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $3.5 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Richton Park
What Richton Park is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area4.39 sq mi
- Water area0.01 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,851
- County holding the largest share of its areaCook County, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Richton Park
How many people live in Richton Park
- Population12,521
- Median age44.6
- Population under 182,488
- Share under 1819.9 percent
- Population 65 and over2,524
- Share 65 and over20.2 percent
- Households5,481
- Family households3,128
- Share of households that are families57.1 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Richton Park
Income and work in Richton Park
- Median household income$64,554
- Per capita income$39,125
- Civilian labor force6,690
- Employed5,893
- Unemployed797 plus or minus 246
- Unemployment rate11.9 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Adults 25 and over9,175
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher29.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree12.9 percent plus or minus 2.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Richton Park
- Housing units5,772
- Occupied units5,481
- Vacant units291 plus or minus 165
- Vacancy rate5.0 percent plus or minus 2.8
- Owner occupied2,846
- Renter occupied2,635
- Ownership rate51.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$220,900
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,294
- Annual rent as a share of median income24.1 percent
- Single family units3,437
- Share single family59.5 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more2,335 plus or minus 519
- Share in buildings of two or more40.5 percent plus or minus 8.4
- Mobile homes0
- Median year structure built1978
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Richton Park gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute5,087
- Commuting under 15 minutes767 plus or minus 263
- Share commuting under 15 minutes15.1 percent plus or minus 4.9
- Commuting 30 minutes or more2,729
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.6 percent
- Drove alone73.1 percent
- Carpooled7.4 percent plus or minus 3.6
- Public transport4.8 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Walked0.0 percent
- Worked from home13.2 percent plus or minus 4.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Richton Park
SBA loans in Richton Park (7(a))
- Approvals7
- Gross approval$3,472,200
- Average approval$496,029
- Median approval$150,000
- Largest approval$2,544,000
- Jobs supported141
- Jobs per approval20.1
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more14.3 percent
- Share to franchises14.3 percent
- Distinct lenders4
- Distinct industries by NAICS5
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Richton Park, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published.
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Richton Park
Flood risk in Richton Park
- NFIP communityVillage of Richton Park
- NFIP community number170149
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
The Village of Richton Park participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170149 and carries no Community Rating System class, so no CRS premium discount applies to it.
Federal Emergency Management Agency, NFIP Community Status Book (OpenFEMA), as of 2026-09-26.
Cook County, not Richton Park
Cook County context, not Richton Park figures
- Establishments in Cook County134,513
- Covered employment, Cook County2,565,567
- Average annual pay, Cook County$86,931
- Housing units permitted, Cook County6,507
Every figure in this section is published for Cook County as a whole and is not a measurement of Richton Park.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Parcel detail, zoning and the flood zone at an address are not on this page; they resolve at the address in the platform. How this page was built →
Common questions
Richton Park questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Richton Park, Illinois?
12,521, in 5,481 households. Richton Park village covers 4.39 square miles of land, which is 2,851 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Richton Park in?
Cook County, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Richton Park?
$64,554. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $220,900. Median gross rent is $1,294 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Richton Park businesses?
7 7(a) approvals totaling $3.5 m since FY2020, across 4 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Richton Park, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Richton Park borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Richton Park. Only 1 loan has reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Richton Park in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Richton Park appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Richton Park, village of, community 170149, with no Community Rating System class, so no CRS discount applies. Whether a specific parcel sits in a mapped special flood hazard area is an address level question the platform answers.
Are the county figures on this page Richton Park figures?
No, and they are labeled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Cook County as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Richton Park.
Is zoning published for Richton Park?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.