Greenville vs Pierron

A side-by-side comparison of Greenville and Pierron: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenville and Pierron are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenville has the higher population (7,159 vs 378 in Pierron). Pierron has the higher median household income ($62,750 vs $52,727 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $103,400 in Pierron).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Pierron
Population	7,159	378
Median age	37.0 yrs	50.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$62,750
Median home value	$119,800	$103,400
Median gross rent	$724	$992
Housing units	2,607	190
Homeownership rate	55.5%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.0%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Pierron
Population	6,665 → 7,159 (+7.4%)	412 → 378 (-8.3%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $52,727 (+8.2%)	$64,286 → $62,750 (-2.4%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $119,800 (+19.8%)	$78,100 → $103,400 (+32.4%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $724 (+28.4%)	$690 → $992 (+43.8%)

Greenville

Population

6,6657,159

Median household income

$48,750$52,727

Median home value

$100,000$119,800

Median gross rent

$564$724

Pierron

Population

412378

Median household income

$64,286$62,750

Median home value

$78,100$103,400

Median gross rent

$690$992

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Pierron
Under 5	2.6%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.5%
18 to 24	18.5%	6.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	7.1%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	5.0%
55 to 64	8.8%	16.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	28.6%
75 and over	8.4%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Pierron
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	94.4%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.5%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.6%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Pierron
No high school diploma	14.7%	5.9%
High school graduate	26.9%	37.1%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	46.0%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	6.3%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Pierron
Drove alone	76.8%	88.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	3.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Pierron
1-unit, detached	64.1%	75.8%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Pierron
Poverty rate	16.5%	25.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.21
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1968	1970