Riverdale, Chicago
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This article is about the Chicago community area. For the adjacent Cook County village, see Riverdale, Illinois.
Riverdale is one of the 77 official community areas of Chicago, Illinois and is located on the city's far south side.
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Riverdale | |
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Community Area 54 - Riverdale | |
Coordinates: 41°39.6′N 87°36.6′W | |
Country | United States |
State | Illinois |
County | Cook |
Townships | City of Chicago Calumet |
City | Chicago |
Neighborhoods | |
Area | |
• Total | 3.36 sq mi (8.70 km2) |
Population (2018) | |
• Total | 7,262[1] |
Demographics 2018[1] | |
• White | 1.8% |
• Black | 95.3% |
• Hispanic | 2.6% |
• Asian | 0.3% |
• Other | 0.0% |
Time zone | UTC-6 (CST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC-5 (CDT) |
ZIP Codes | parts of 60628, 60633, 60827 |
Median income | $13,518[1] |
Source: U.S. Census, Record Information Services |
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As originally designated by the Social Science Research Committee at the University of Chicago and officially adopted by the City of Chicago, the Riverdale community area extends from 115th Street south to the city boundary at 138th Street and from the Illinois Central Railroad tracks east to the Bishop Ford Freeway.