Riverside is a somewhat small village located in the state of Illinois. With a population of 9,120 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Riverside is the 224th largest community in Illinois. Much of the housing stock in Riverside was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic villages in the country.

Riverside is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 90.24% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Riverside is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Riverside who work in sales jobs (16.29%), office and administrative support jobs (14.33%), and management occupations (11.64%).

Of important note, Riverside is also a village of artists. Riverside has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Riverside's character.

Also of interest is that Riverside has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Riverside is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

One downside of living in Riverside is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Riverside, the average commute to work is 31.16 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Riverside is a small village, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Riverside Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Riverside, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Riverside is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.14% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Riverside in 2000 was $34,712, which is wealthy relative to Illinois and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $138,848 for a family of four. However, Riverside contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Riverside home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Riverside is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Riverside include Irish, Polish, Italian, German, English, Czech, Greek, Lithuanian, and Croatian.

The most common language spoken in Riverside is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.