Riverwoods, Illinois

Coordinates: 42°10′15″N 87°53′45″W / 42.17083°N 87.89583°W / 42.17083; -87.89583
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Riverwoods, Illinois
847
FIPS code17-64538
Wikimedia CommonsRiverwoods, Illinois
Websitevillageofriverwoods.com
Riverwoods Village Hall

Riverwoods is a village in

Irene Castle
. The village used to host the annual "Arts & Riverwoods" festival.

Architecture

Riverwoods features many significant examples of midcentury residential design, including over 40 homes designed by "prairie modernist" architect Edward Humrich. A recent wave of teardowns and the lack of a local preservation ordinance led the Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois to identify Riverwoods in 2006 as one of the Chicago region's communities most threatened by overdevelopment.[4]

Geography

Riverwoods is located at 42°10′15″N 87°53′45″W / 42.17083°N 87.89583°W / 42.17083; -87.89583.[5]

According to the 2010 census, Riverwoods has a total area of 4.016 square miles (10.40 km2), of which 3.97 square miles (10.28 km2) (or 98.85%) is land and 0.046 square miles (0.12 km2) (or 1.15%) is water.[6]

Demographics

Historical population
CensusPop.Note%±
196096—
19701,5711,536.5%
19802,80478.5%
19902,8682.3%
20003,84334.0%
20103,660−4.8%
20203,7903.6%
U.S. Decennial Census[7]
2010[8] 2020[9]

2020 census

Riverwoods village, Illinois – Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010[8] Pop 2020[9] % 2010 % 2020
White
alone (NH) 		3,332 3,142 91.04% 82.90%
Black or African American
alone (NH) 		26 20 0.71% 0.53%
Alaska Native
alone (NH) 		8 2 0.22% 0.05%
Asian alone (NH) 171 351 4.67% 9.26%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 0 0.00% 0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 1 10 0.03% 0.26%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 20 128 0.55% 3.38%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102 137 2.79% 3.61%
Total 3,660 3,790 100.00% 100.00%

2000 Census

As of the

Latino
of any race were 1.98% of the population.

There were 1,261 households, out of which 42.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 82.8% were married couples living together, 4.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 11.3% were non-families. 9.8% of all households were made up of individuals, and 3.8% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.93 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the village, the population was spread out, with 27.8% under the age of 18, 4.1% from 18 to 24, 21.8% from 25 to 44, 33.1% from 45 to 64, and 13.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 43 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.9 males.

The median income for a household in the village was $158,990, and the median income for a family was $166,076. The

poverty line
, including 4.0% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

Schools

Most of Riverwoods is part of Deerfield School District 109 for elementary and middle school, and part of Township High School District 113 for high school. Accordingly, these residents attend Wilmot Elementary School, South Park Elementary School, Caruso Middle School and Deerfield High School. Some areas of Riverwoods reside in Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 or Bannockburn Elementary School District 106 for elementary school, and Adlai E. Stevenson District 125 for high school.

Transportation

Pace provides bus service on Routes 234, 272 and 626 connecting Riverwoods to Des Plaines, Niles, Vernon Hills, and other destinations.[11]

Notable people

References

  1. ^ https://www.riverwoods.gov/directory-listing/kristine-ford
  2. ^ "2020 U.S. Gazetteer Files". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved March 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "Riverwoods village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved April 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Landmarks Preservation Council of Illinois: Chicagoland Watch List". www.landmarks.org. Archived from the original on March 6, 2007.
  5. ^ "US Gazetteer files: 2010, 2000, and 1990". United States Census Bureau. February 12, 2011. Retrieved April 23, 2011.
  6. ^ "G001 - Geographic Identifiers - 2010 Census Summary File 1". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 25, 2015.
  7. US Census Bureau
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  8. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2010: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Riverwoods village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  9. ^ a b "P2 HISPANIC OR LATINO, AND NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO BY RACE – 2020: DEC Redistricting Data (PL 94-171) – Riverwoods village, Illinois". United States Census Bureau.
  10. ^ "U.S. Census website". United States Census Bureau. Retrieved January 31, 2008.
  11. ^ "RTA System Map" (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2024.
  12. ^ "American Weather Makers". www.americanweathermakers.com.
  13. ^ Goldsborough, Bob (September 10, 2014). "Ex-Smashing Pumpkins drummer relists Riverwoods mansion". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 30, 2019.
  14. ^ "Devin Hester makes poor return on Riverwoods house sale". April 2014.
  15. ^ Goldsborough, Bob (August 8, 1999). "No stretch - Ex-Bull center sells Riverwoods home after Phoenix move". Chicago Tribune. p. 5.
  16. ^ "Topic Galleries". Chicago Tribune.
  17. ^ "Basketball great Michael Jordan's ex-wife pays $4,720,500 for a mansion in Chicago's River North neighborhood; Chicago sportscaster Bruce Wolf sells his house in Riverwoods, IL for $1,015,000 and pay".

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