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Riverdale, IL

Single-footprint Census roll-up for Riverdale, IL: 1 USPS ZIP, population 27,946. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.

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ACS city ledger plate

Sheet RIVERDALE-IL · Riverdale, IL 1 ZIPs · 27,946 pop · #24241/25278 · Cook County

INC-LOW · RANK-BOTTOM · BELOW-PEER · BOOK-ONE · OWN-LOW · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-UNK · HOME-LOW

  • INC-LOW $37,217
  • RANK-BOTTOM #24241/25278
  • BELOW-PEER under Chicago Heights
  • BOOK-ONE 1 ZIP
  • OWN-LOW 40% owners
  • POP-SMALL 27,946
  • SPREAD-UNK Single-ZIP book
  • HOME-LOW $153,500

Nearest income peer: Chicago Heights, IL (+ $24,856 income $)

Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.

Income neighbourhood around Riverdale

Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Riverdale on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.

median HH income

What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.

Source U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 5-Year Estimates As of 2026-08-25

National city placement

According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Riverdale, IL sits among US cities with one of the lowest household incomes among US cities, on a small-city population base, across a single-ZIP footprint.

4th pct
household income vs 25,278 US cities
27,946
city population (Census)
1
USPS ZIP codes covered
$37,217
avg ZIP median income

Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.

Lower-income footing on only 1 ZIP ($37,217 average) · poverty 40.2%. The primary code (60827) carries the ACS household fields that matter.

Owner-occupancy is comparatively low (40.2%) for this income tier, rent $1,087 may matter more than the home-value average.

Within Illinois, New Haven is the closest lower-income city and Hurst the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Riverdale.

Population concentration

Riverdale reads through its lone ZIP, 60827

27,946 ACS residents, one ZIP: 60827 is not the leading code inside Riverdale, it is the only one on file. Treat the ZIP page as the primary source for anything below the city-wide total.

Census ZBP business roll-up

Sparse ZBP book inside single-ZIP Riverdale

Citywide ZBP: 217 establishments, 2,241 employees , annual payroll $121,656k (~8 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 1 of 1 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 60827 (217 units) ; leading NAICS Retail trade (45) · also Accommodation and food services · Other services (except public administration) .

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ZIP Codes in Riverdale, IL

These ZIP codes sit in Cook County, which covers 163 ZIP codes in all; 1 of them fall in Riverdale. See the Cook County roll-up →

Every one of the 12 cities sharing Cook County reports a higher average ZIP median income than Riverdale, Chicago, Des Plaines and Cicero among them. That gap is the county's income spread, not a measure of the housing or commute picture below. Evanston marks the far end of that range at $119,919, 222% above Riverdale.

ZIP Code Population Median income Establishments Density
60827 27,946 $37,217 217 1,538
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Riverdale roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Riverdale, .