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The median home value in Riverdale, IL is $119,437 as of 2026-07-31, up 5.17% from a year earlier.
Median Home Value
$119,437
Year-over-Year
+5.17%
Population
10,009
Riverdale ranks #263 of 279 Illinois cities tracked here by median home value, and sits 62.6% below the state's city median of $319,026. It sits in Cook County, where the county-wide median is $344,339.
Median household income in Riverdale is $39,833, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This is a simple price-to-income benchmark rather than a monthly payment estimate; it does not account for mortgage rates, down payments, taxes or insurance.
Household income comes from the U.S. Census Bureau's ACS 5-Year Estimates, table B19013 (how the affordability measure works).
Riverdale police recorded a violent crime rate of 709 per 100,000 residents in 2024 — higher than most cities that report to the FBI. Property crime runs at 2,857 per 100,000.
Reported by the city's own police department to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program (what this covers).
People often call this an average home price, but the figure shown here is Zillow's typical home value (ZHVI), not a simple arithmetic average. In Riverdale, that value is $119,437. That's up 5.17% from a year earlier. It is about 62.6% below the typical Illinois city tracked here.
Homes in Riverdale are cheaper than Cook County as a whole, where the median is $344,339 — a difference of about 65.3%.
Median household income here is $39,833, so the typical home value is about 3.0× annual household income. This ratio is a broad comparison measure, not a mortgage-payment estimate.
Riverdale police reported 709 violent crimes per 100,000 residents, covering a population of about 10,009. Crime rates are one input among many — they vary block to block within a city, and this figure is a citywide average.
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