Illinois · Census place 1764538
Riverwoods, Illinois
Riverwoods is a village in Lake County, Illinois with an estimated 3,784 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 382nd largest of 651 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 3,784
- #382 of 651 in Illinois
- Change since 2020
- -0.1%
- -2 people
- Land area
- 4.0 sq mi
- + 0.05 sq mi water
- Density
- 953 / sq mi
- State median 2,177
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Riverwoods population, 2020 to 2024
Riverwoods lost 2 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of -0.1%. In the latest year it moved by +22.
Riverwoods covers 3.97 square miles of land and 0.05 of water, for 953 people per square mile of land. The median Illinois place of 5,000+ has 2,177, so Riverwoods is less dense than the typical town.
What county Riverwoods is in
All of Riverwoods's residents live in Lake County, which had 718,604 residents in 2024. Riverwoods holds 0.5% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
ZIP codes in Riverwoods
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Riverwoods by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the village's land: 60015. 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 Riverwoods is
The Census internal point of Riverwoods is at 42.172900, -87.894900. Springfield, the capital, is 188.9 miles SSW in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Lincolnshire, IL (8,008 people), 2.0 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Elgin, IL, 23.9 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 42.172900, -87.894900
- DMS
- 42°10'22.44"N 87°53'41.64"W
- UTM
- 16N 426087.2E 4669360.9N
- Geohash
- dp3rzvkfu
- Plus code
- 86JJ54F4+52
Daylight in Riverwoods
At 42.17° N, Riverwoods gets about 15 h 16 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 06 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 10 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Riverwoods
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Illinois, measured between internal points. The closest is Bannockburn, 1.9 miles away, with 1,377 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Riverwoods, IL?
3,784 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is down 2 (0.1%) from 3,786 in July 2020.
What county is Riverwoods in?
Lake County. All of its residents live in that county.
What ZIP codes cover Riverwoods?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 60015.
How far is Riverwoods from Springfield?
188.9 miles (304.0 km) in a straight line, heading SSW from Riverwoods.
What is the nearest larger city to Riverwoods?
Lincolnshire, IL, with 8,008 residents, 2.0 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.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.