River Grove, Illinois

River Grove population, 2020 to 2024

River Grove lost 151 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -1.4%. In the latest year it moved by +60. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 189th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so River Grove is 71% of it.

River Grove covers 2.39 square miles of land, for 4,362 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so River Grove is denser than the typical town.

What county River Grove is in

All of River Grove's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. River Grove holds 0.2% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in River Grove

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps River Grove by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60171. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a village that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where River Grove is

The Census internal point of River Grove is at 41.924300, -87.837900. Springfield, the capital, is 175.8 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Elmwood Park, IL (23,698 people), 1.1 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 9.9 miles away.

Daylight in River Grove

At 41.92° N, River Grove gets about 15 h 14 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 07 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 07 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near River Grove

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Elmwood Park, 1.1 miles away, with 23,698 people.