Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
North Riverside grades B overall, ranked 439th of 767 in Illinois, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. Its schools rank ahead of 89% of Illinois towns and the median household earns $77K. On the other side, its police reported 8 violent crimes reported to the FBI in 2025, a higher rate per resident than 93% of U.S. towns. North Riverside’s property crime rate is 45.7 per 1,000 residents, above both the Illinois town median (7.9) and the median of U.S. towns (9.9). North Riverside is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. The biggest park or preserve is National Grove Woods Preserve, at 72 acres.
Where North Riverside beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
14.6% of the town is conserved land, across 7 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Illinois), ordered by how far North Riverside is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 969 in 1930, 7,426 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2012 and 8 maps from 1891 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Riverside. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaSoldier Field
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaWrigley Field
Big draw13 mi MuseumBarack Obama Presidential Center
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaRate Field
Big draw8 mi Stadium & arenaUnited Center
Big draw11 mi MuseumArt Institute of Chicago1.5M visitors a yearSoldier Field: Photo by Joon Han Contact: [email protected], CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wrigley Field: Ryan Dickey, CC BY 2.0 · Barack Obama Presidential Center: AlphaBeta135, CC0 · Rate Field: User Enoch Lai on en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · United Center: User:JeremyA, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Art Institute of Chicago: ajay_suresh, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Riverside, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 12, 2025.
Ordered by what stands out in North Riverside.
North Riverside trades workers with Chicago and other neighbors, but it reports more crime than Forest Park and its other graded neighbors.
The trail density in North Riverside is 3.4 miles per square mile. 5.4 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Commons Park | 0.5 mi | 21 |
| 2. National Grove Woods Preserve | 0.1 mi | 72 |
| 3. McCormick Woods Preserve | — | 27 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Each of the 4 graded towns on its borders reports less crime per resident, from Forest Park (D) to Brookfield (A). Property crime runs at 45.7 per 1,000 residents, 3 times the Illinois rate, most of it theft.
North Riverside reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 93% report less.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
North Riverside beats the Illinois average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 13% of North Riverside adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance.
| North Riverside | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 7.9% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 37% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 17% |
| What stands out | North Riverside | IL |
|---|---|---|
| More uninsured adults | 12.7% | 9.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 70% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Riverside.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
North Riverside has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 17° and about 42 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical North Riverside home is worth about $354,000, up 6.1% in a year, 20% above the Illinois typical home. 67% of households own their home in North Riverside.
| North Riverside | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 67% | 75% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,301 a month | $1,128 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
People 65 and older are 24% of residents (17% statewide). North Riverside has lost 3.6% of its people since 2020, down to 7,161 in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 43% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 38% across Illinois.
| North Riverside | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 29% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 24% | 19% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 21% | 22% | 22% |
| Median age | 39.4 years | 40.7 years | 40.5 years |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.8 points. Across Illinois, 50.6% of residents are women.
| North Riverside | IL | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.5% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.2% | 10.4% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 11.3% | 9.1% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.9% | 13.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 14.3% | 13.3% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.9% | 12.4% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 9.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 12.8% | 10% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.9% | 7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.4% | 9.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 27.4% | 25.1% | 26% |
| Some college | 16.7% | 19.2% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 7.7% | 8.3% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.7% | 22.6% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.2% | 15.3% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
North Riverside has about as many jobs (3,652) as working residents, but only 83 people both live and work here. Jobs based here fell from 4,950 in 2013 to 3,652.
Most working residents leave North Riverside for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, North Riverside has lost 1,298 jobs, to 3,652 in 2023. North Riverside’s average trip to work is 29 minutes.
| North Riverside | Illinois towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 17% | 11% | 11% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 26 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.3% | 8.4% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.9% | 8.4% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
57 within 15 miles of the center of North Riverside
About 6 of every 100 North Riverside residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Illinois.
6,672 counted in 2010 and 7,426 in 2020; an estimated 7,161 in 2025.
Since 2020 the trend has turned: down 3.6%, after 11.3% growth in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Village in Illinois, United States
North Riverside is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. As of the 2020 census, it had a population of 7,426.
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6 towns share a border with North Riverside.
| Town | IL rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Riverside | #439 | B | C | D | A | B+ |
| Riverside | #23 | A+ | C− | B+ | A | A+ |
| Proviso Township | #512 | C+ | C | — | C | B+ |
| Brookfield | #18 | A+ | C− | A | A | A |
| Berwyn · Berwyn Township | #522 | C+ | C− | B+ | C− | B+ |
| Forest Park | #593 | C | C− | D | C+ | A |
Proviso Township reports no FBI crime data of its own. Berwyn Township and Berwyn are one community, graded once. Compare North Riverside with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. North Riverside grades B overall, better than 56% of U.S. towns and #439 of 767 in Illinois. It grades B+ for health, D for safety and A for schools. Safety is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 3.9 years of the area's median household income ($90,887 across the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
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