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Riverdale, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Riverdale is a Census village of 10,340 people across 3.58 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $39,833, 51.5 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 9 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $1.7 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Riverdale
What Riverdale is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area3.58 sq mi
- Water area0.17 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,892
- 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.
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How many people live in Riverdale
- Population10,340
- Median age32.8
- Population under 183,330 plus or minus 674
- Share under 1832.2 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Population 65 and over1,164
- Share 65 and over11.3 percent
- Households3,760
- Family households2,420
- Share of households that are families64.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Riverdale
- Median household income$39,833
- Per capita income$19,290
- Civilian labor force4,280
- Employed3,591
- Unemployed689 plus or minus 306
- Unemployment rate16.1 percent plus or minus 6.8
- Adults 25 and over6,256
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher89.8 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher17.0 percent plus or minus 3.5
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree7.4 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 Riverdale
- Housing units5,054
- Occupied units3,760
- Vacant units1,294
- Vacancy rate25.6 percent
- Owner occupied1,938
- Renter occupied1,822
- Ownership rate51.5 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$113,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,231
- Annual rent as a share of median income37.1 percent plus or minus 7.4
- Single family units3,031
- Share single family60.0 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more1,943
- Share in buildings of two or more38.4 percent
- Mobile homes80 plus or minus 110
- Median year structure built1957
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Riverdale gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,021
- Commuting under 15 minutes392 plus or minus 138
- Share commuting under 15 minutes13.0 percent plus or minus 4.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,701 plus or minus 363
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more56.3 percent
- Drove alone57.5 percent
- Carpooled8.8 percent plus or minus 3.8
- Public transport14.7 percent plus or minus 6.5
- Walked3.2 percent plus or minus 2.6
- Worked from home11.6 percent plus or minus 4.7
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Riverdale (7(a))
- Approvals9
- Gross approval$1,652,900
- Average approval$183,656
- Median approval$31,000
- Largest approval$828,500
- Jobs supported32
- Jobs per approval3.6
- Loans with a final outcome1
- Paid in full1
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more11.1 percent
- Share to franchises0.0 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS8
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riverdale, 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.
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Flood risk in Riverdale
- NFIP communityVillage of Riverdale
- NFIP community number170150
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
The Village of Riverdale participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170150 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 Riverdale
Cook County context, not Riverdale 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 Riverdale.
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
Riverdale questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riverdale, Illinois?
10,340, in 3,760 households. Riverdale village covers 3.58 square miles of land, which is 2,892 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riverdale 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 Riverdale?
$39,833. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $113,800. Median gross rent is $1,231 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riverdale businesses?
9 7(a) approvals totaling $1.7 m since FY2020, across 7 lenders, median approval $31,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riverdale, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riverdale borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Riverdale. 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 Riverdale in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Riverdale appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Riverdale, village of, community 170150, 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 Riverdale 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 Riverdale.
Is zoning published for Riverdale?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.