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Place dossier plate
SheetIL-RIVER-GROVE-IL · River Grove, IL 10,482 pop · income 56th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around River Grove
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest River Grove on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Riverdale · lowest
45,709
Riverdale · lowest
45,709 median HH income
35.6% of the leader · rank #1
Vine Grove · near
74,786
Vine Grove · near
74,786 median HH income
58.3% of the leader · rank #2
Moosic · near
74,792
Moosic · near
74,792 median HH income
58.3% of the leader · rank #3
Union Valley · near
74,792
Union Valley · near
74,792 median HH income
58.3% of the leader · rank #4
River Grove · this city
74,793
River Grove · this city
74,793 median HH income
58.3% of the leader · rank #5
Elida · near
74,798
Elida · near
74,798 median HH income
58.3% of the leader · rank #6
Manhattan · highest
128,375
Manhattan · highest
128,375 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for River Grove on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 10,482.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
River Grove - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, River Grove lands in the 56th percentile for household income and the 45th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
56th
percentile, household income
55th
percentile, home value
18th
percentile, median rent
45th
percentile, safety
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: River Grove, IL
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 10,482 residents in River Grove, a small town within Illinois. River Grove households earn a median of $74,793 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 4.5%. River Grove's housing stock carries a median value of $244,700, and the median resident age is 36.6 years. Educational attainment runs 25.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 63.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Housing supply pressure shows in Census Building Permit Survey data: 0 residential units were authorized in 2024 (No Permits), down 100% from five years earlier. River Grove reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1531.5 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Illinois tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Illinois scores 100.0 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,063 monthly. EIA 2023 residential energy data puts Illinois's average monthly utility costs around $240 (state average). FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 out of 100 (Low).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of River Grove's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from comparison shortlist to schools and households to housing and income to reported crime to population change to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For River Grove, city-specific coverage includes local building permits, commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for River Grove?
Within Illinois, the closest population matches are Riverdale (10,515 residents, $45,709 income); Lyons (10,391 residents, $64,209 income); Pingree Grove (10,576 residents, $119,880 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are White Marsh, MD (10,480 residents); Bastrop, TX (10,484 residents); Sweetwater, TX (10,484 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What does the education layer cover for River Grove?
The NCES join finds 2 public schools within the city match. 25.8% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
How far does income reach against housing in River Grove?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
What can the FBI record say about safety in River Grove?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1531.5 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 33% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Population change
Is River Grove growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Recent estimates point downward. A falling count can reflect migration, household size, annexation boundaries, or estimation noise, so it is a prompt to inspect the full series rather than a claim about local economic health.
Census PEP estimates show the population declined by -164 residents from 2020 to 2025, a -1.6% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 0 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Period change
-1.6%
2025 estimate
10,409
2020 estimate
10,573
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the journey to work look like in River Grove?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 71.9%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Public transit
8.3%
Work from home
12.1%
Drive alone
71.9%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 5,065 workers age 16+.
Above median income · poverty 4.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
100.0 (US=100)
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Illinois average
C
City profile score · River Grove, IL
58/100
5 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Violent crime B
88 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Poverty rate B-
4.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C-
$74,793
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C-
25.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living D
100.0 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
River Grove profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Violent crime: 74/100 (B) · 88 /100k
Poverty rate: 69/100 (B-) · 4.5%
Household income: 54/100 (C-) · $74,793
Bachelor's+ share: 51/100 (C-) · 25.8%
Cost of living: 40/100 (D) · 100.0 index
Where River Grove sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
River Grove's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - River Grove highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
River Grove, IL (this city): home $244,700, crime 1,532/100k
Bastrop, TX : home $308,300, crime 3,665/100k
Sweetwater, TX : home $84,000, crime 1,621/100k
Riverdale, IL : home $104,800, crime 3,567/100k
Pingree Grove, IL : home $298,300, crime 167/100k
Crestwood, IL : home $187,700, crime 2,291/100k
Manhattan, IL : home $314,400, crime 229/100k
Wood River, IL : home $103,200, crime 1,987/100k
How does River Grove compare to other US cities?
Where River Grove sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income56% higher than other cities
Home value55% pricier than other cities
Median rent18% pricier than other cities
Safety45% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Illinois alone, River Grove ranks #314 of 455 Illinois cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares River Grove against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Illinois only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Illinois-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places River Grove near the bottom of Illinois's cities
Among the 1,336 Illinois cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, River Grove ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares River Grove only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#499 of 1,311
62nd percentile in Illinois
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 1,336
0th percentile in Illinois
Median Home Value
#238 of 1,315
82nd percentile in Illinois
Poverty Rate
#886 of 1,335
33rd percentile in Illinois
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#385 of 1,336
71st percentile in Illinois
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Illinois only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
56th percentile nationally for median household income · 45th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
River Grove's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
River Grove's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How River Grove's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$244,70045th percentilemore affordable than 45% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
River Grove's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.3×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,988 of 15,516
More affordable than 49% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,259 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.3×, River Grove sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,988 of 15,516 and #1,259 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$74,793River Grove, IL median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context River Grove, IL median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for River Grove, IL.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)25.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)63.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
10,482
Median Income
$74,793
Median Home Value
$244,700
Median Age
36.6
Poverty Rate
4.5%
Labor force participation
63.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
25.8%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1531.5
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
88.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1443.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
2
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
River Grove's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
10,573 residents
2021
10,555 residents
2022
10,400 residents
2023
10,372 residents
2024
10,433 residents
2025
10,409 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
Total Permits (2024)
0
housing units authorized
Single-Family
0
detached homes
Multifamily
0
apartments & condos
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
7
1
6
$0.2M
2020
80
0
80
$25.3M
2021
0
0
0
-
2022
0
0
0
-
2023
0
0
0
-
2024
0
0
0
-
Permit volume decreased 100% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
71.9%
Carpool
5.4%
Public Transit
8.3%
Walk
0.1%
Work from Home
12.1%
Other
2.2%
Based on 5,065 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Illinois statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $240
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Illinois at $240 (electricity about $100 , water and sewer about $50 ).
These are Illinois statewide averages, not a meter reading for River Grove. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Illinois's BEA cost-of-living index is 100.0 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around River Grove is $1,063/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Illinois statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 54.5 / 100 (Low).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Illinois statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county River Grove sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How River Grove compares to similar-size Illinois cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, Census BPS 2024, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.