Riverdale, Illinois

Riverdale, Illinois
Village
Village of Riverdale
Nickname(s): 
The Dale
Motto(s): 
"A Village with a Vision"
Coordinates: 41°38′26″N 87°37′50″W / 41.64056°N 87.63056°W / 41.64056; -87.63056Coordinates: 41°38′26″N 87°37′50″W / 41.64056°N 87.63056°W / 41.64056; -87.63056
Country United States
StateIllinois
CountyCook
TownshipsThornton, Calumet
Government
 • MayorLawrence Jackson
Area
 • Total3.75 sq mi (9.71 km2)
 • Land3.58 sq mi (9.26 km2)
 • Water0.17 sq mi (0.45 km2)  4.80%
Population
 • Total10,663
 • Density2,982.66/sq mi (1,151.51/km2)
Demonym(s)Riverdalian
Standard of living (2007-11)
 • Per capita income$16,463
 • Median home value$101,300
Time zoneCentral Standard Time
 • Summer (DST)Central Daylight Time
ZIP code(s)
60827
Area code(s)708
Geocode64278
FIPS code17-64278
Websitewww.villageofriverdale.net

Riverdale is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 10,663 at the 2020 census. The village shares its name with the bordering Riverdale neighborhood in Chicago.

Geography

The Charles Pope Beet Sugar Works c.1910
In 1904 the Englishman and former Chicago glucose manufacturer Charles Pope (1843-1922) purchased property in Riverdale at what is today the west side of Indiana Avenue with the intention of establishing a beet sugar factory. The property was previously occupied by The Riverdale Distillery, which had been established by the Union Copper Distilling Company of Chicago in 1871 to manufacture fermentum yeast. Located on the south bank of the Little Calumet river with access to the Illinois Central tracks, the beet sugar factory opened in 1905 with a capacity of 350 tons of beet sugar per day, a production rate that was eventually increased to 500 tons per day. The factory was sold by Pope's heirs in 1922 to the Midwest Sugar Refining Company, who added sugar to the product line that was produced from cane supplied from Cuba and Puerto Rico. and who the following year began a program that was intended "to expand this enterprise far beyond its present capacity so as to make the company one of the leading producers and refiners of sugar in the Middle West." In 1947 this enterprise was replaced by The Chromium Mining and Smelting Corporation.
An advertisement from the Riverdale Distillery c.1885
Indiana Avenue and the Calumet River

Riverdale is located at 41°38′26″N 87°37′50″W / 41.64056°N 87.63056°W / 41.64056; -87.63056 (41.640684, -87.630645).

According to the 2010 census, Riverdale has a total area of 3.745 square miles (9.70 km2), of which 3.57 square miles (9.25 km2) (or 95.33%) is land and 0.175 square miles (0.45 km2) (or 4.67%) is water.

Surrounding areas

Chicago
Calumet Park Up arrow left.svg Up-1.svg Up arrow right.svg Chicago
Blue Island Left.svg Right.svg Dolton
Dixmoor Down arrow left.svg Down arrow.svg Down arrow right.svg Dolton
Harvey / Dolton

Demographics

Historical population
Census Pop.
1880450
1900558
191091764.3%
19201,16627.2%
19302,504114.8%
19402,86514.4%
19505,840103.8%
196012,008105.6%
197015,80631.6%
198013,233−16.3%
199013,6713.3%
200015,05510.1%
201013,549−10.0%
202010,663−21.3%
U.S. Decennial Census
2010 2020

2020 census

Riverdale village, Illinois - Demographic Profile
(NH = Non-Hispanic)
Race / Ethnicity Pop 2010 Pop 2020 % 2010 % 2020
White alone (NH) 511 301 3.77% 2.82%
Black or African American alone (NH) 12,610 9,791 93.07% 91.82%
Native American or Alaska Native alone (NH) 24 11 0.18% 0.10%
Asian alone (NH) 13 13 0.10% 0.12%
Pacific Islander alone (NH) 0 7 0.00% 0.07%
Some Other Race alone (NH) 11 40 0.08% 0.38%
Mixed Race/Multi-Racial (NH) 143 160 1.06% 1.50%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 237 340 1.75% 3.19%
Total 13,549 10,663 100.00% 100.00%

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 can be of any race.

2010 Census

As of the 2010 census, there were 13,549 people, 4,595 households, and 3,204 families residing in Riverdale. The racial makeup of the village was 4.9% White, 94.0% African American, 0.5% Native American, 0.3% Asian, 0.1% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 0.2% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 1.7% of the population.

There were 4,595 households, out of which 36.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 24.8% were married couples living together, 37.4% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.3% were non-families. 25.7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 2.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.92 and the average family size was 3.50.

In the village, 41.8% of the population was aged 16 or older, 39.6% was aged 18 or older, 36.6% was aged 21 or older, 5.7% was aged 62 or older, and 4.3% was aged 65 or older. The median age was 32.8 years. The female population was 7,521 and the male population was 6,028.

The median income for a household in the village was $37,792.

Government

Riverdale is divided between two congressional districts. Most of the city is in Illinois's 2nd congressional district; the area west of Ashland Avenue and the area southwest of 141st and Halsted Streets are in the 1st district. The local government of Riverdale consists of six elected trustees, one elected village clerk, and one elected mayor. On April 9, 2013, incumbent mayor Deyon Dean was defeated by trustee Lawrence Jackson, who was sworn in as mayor of Riverdale on May 2, 2013.

Notable people


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