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Riverside, Illinois: commercial real estate data.
Riverside is a Census village of 9,039 people across 1.98 square miles of land, in Cook County. Median household income is $153,686, 84.8 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 11 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $5.0 m since FY2020.
Underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency.
Riverside
What Riverside is
- Census place typevillage
- Land area1.98 sq mi
- Water area0.02 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land4,569
- 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 Riverside
- Population9,039
- Median age42.0
- Population under 182,360
- Share under 1826.1 percent
- Population 65 and over1,784 plus or minus 394
- Share 65 and over19.7 percent plus or minus 4.3
- Households3,516
- Family households2,531
- Share of households that are families72.0 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Income and work in Riverside
- Median household income$153,686
- Per capita income$68,832
- Civilian labor force4,579
- Employed4,491
- Unemployed88 plus or minus 73
- Unemployment rate1.9 percent plus or minus 1.6
- Adults 25 and over6,356
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher98.1 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher72.5 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree34.6 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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Housing in Riverside
- Housing units3,858
- Occupied units3,516
- Vacant units342 plus or minus 181
- Vacancy rate8.9 percent plus or minus 4.6
- Owner occupied2,980
- Renter occupied536 plus or minus 211
- Ownership rate84.8 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$491,400
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,484
- Annual rent as a share of median income11.6 percent
- Single family units3,004
- Share single family77.9 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more819 plus or minus 263
- Share in buildings of two or more21.2 percent plus or minus 6.6
- Mobile homes35 plus or minus 56
- Median year structure built1938
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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How Riverside gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute3,209
- Commuting under 15 minutes752 plus or minus 211
- Share commuting under 15 minutes23.4 percent plus or minus 6.2
- Commuting 30 minutes or more1,722
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more53.7 percent
- Drove alone52.7 percent
- Carpooled3.7 percent plus or minus 2.4
- Public transport12.0 percent plus or minus 4.8
- Walked1.6 percent plus or minus 1.4
- Worked from home28.3 percent plus or minus 6.6
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
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SBA loans in Riverside (7(a))
- Approvals11
- Gross approval$5,022,200
- Average approval$456,564
- Median approval$150,000
- Largest approval$2,300,000
- Jobs supported72
- Jobs per approval6.5
- Loans with a final outcome5
- Paid in full5
- Charged off0
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more27.3 percent
- Share to franchises9.1 percent
- Distinct lenders7
- Distinct industries by NAICS7
Counted by borrower city: approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riverside, in any county, FY2020 to FY2026. Only 5 loans have 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 Riverside
- NFIP communityVillage of Riverside
- NFIP community number170153
- Participating in the NFIPYes
- Community Rating System classNone
- Currently effective map date08/19/08
The Village of Riverside participates in the National Flood Insurance Program as community 170153 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 Riverside
Cook County context, not Riverside 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 Riverside.
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
Riverside questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Riverside, Illinois?
9,039, in 3,516 households. Riverside village covers 1.98 square miles of land, which is 4,569 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Riverside 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 Riverside?
$153,686. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $491,400. Median gross rent is $1,484 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Riverside businesses?
11 7(a) approvals totaling $5.0 m since FY2020, across 7 lenders, median approval $150,000. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Riverside, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Riverside borrowers get paid back?
No rate is published for Riverside. Only 5 loans have reached a final outcome, fewer than the 30 a charge-off rate needs, so no rate is published. The counts are shown instead.
Is Riverside in the National Flood Insurance Program?
Yes. Riverside appears in the FEMA Community Status Book as Riverside, village of, community 170153, 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 Riverside 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 Riverside.
Is zoning published for Riverside?
No. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.