Illinois · Census place 1764421

Riverside, Illinois

Riverside is a village in Cook County, Illinois with an estimated 8,964 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 243rd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.

Population 2024
8,964
#243 of 651 in Illinois
Change since 2020
-3.2%
-299 people
Land area
2.0 sq mi
+ 0.02 sq mi water
Density
4,527 / sq mi
State median 2,177
Orange pin: Riverside. Shaded: its county. Dark pin: Springfield.

Riverside population, 2020 to 2024

Riverside lost 299 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -3.2%. In the latest year it moved by +49. Among 330 Illinois places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 319th; the median place changed by -0.9%. The median place of 5,000+ in Illinois has 14,760 people, so Riverside is 61% of it.

9,26320209,08320218,95320228,91520238,9642024
July 1 estimates. The April 2020 estimates base was 9,303. The axis starts above zero so yearly changes are visible.

Riverside covers 1.98 square miles of land and 0.02 of water, for 4,527 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Riverside is denser than the typical town.

What county Riverside is in

All of Riverside's residents live in Cook County, which had 5,182,617 residents in 2024. Riverside 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 Riverside

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riverside by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60546. 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 Riverside is

The Census internal point of Riverside is at 41.831000, -87.815900. Springfield, the capital, is 171.1 miles SW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lyons, IL (10,440 people), 1.3 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Chicago, IL, 6.8 miles away.

Internal point

Decimal
41.831000, -87.815900
DMS
41°49'51.60"N 87°48'57.24"W
UTM
16N 432250.3E 4631334.4N
Geohash
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Plus code
86HJR5JM+CJ

Daylight in Riverside

At 41.83° N, Riverside gets about 15 h 13 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 08 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 05 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Riverside

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is North Riverside, 1.2 miles away, with 7,161 people.

Questions people ask

What is the population of Riverside, IL?

8,964 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 299 (3.2%) from 9,263 in July 2020.

What county is Riverside in?

Cook County. All of its residents live in that county.

What ZIP codes cover Riverside?

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60546.

How far is Riverside from Springfield?

171.1 miles (275.3 km) in a straight line, heading SW from Riverside.

What is the nearest larger city to Riverside?

Lyons, IL, with 10,440 residents, 1.3 miles away between internal points.

Sources and data as of

Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.

  1. 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
  2. 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
  3. 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
  4. 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)

How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.