Greenville vs Pocahontas

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

Greenville and Pocahontas 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 794 in Pocahontas). Greenville has the higher median household income ($52,727 vs $48,250 in Pocahontas). Greenville has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $91,200 in Pocahontas).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Pocahontas
Population	7,159	794
Median age	37.0 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$48,250
Median home value	$119,800	$91,200
Median gross rent	$724	$750
Housing units	2,607	319
Homeownership rate	55.5%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	11.2%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Pocahontas
Population	6,665 → 7,159 (+7.4%)	729 → 794 (+8.9%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $52,727 (+8.2%)	$48,250 → $48,250 (+0.0%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $119,800 (+19.8%)	$84,800 → $91,200 (+7.5%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $724 (+28.4%)	$744 → $750 (+0.8%)

Greenville

Population

6,6657,159

Median household income

$48,750$52,727

Median home value

$100,000$119,800

Median gross rent

$564$724

Pocahontas

Population

729794

Median household income

$48,250$48,250

Median home value

$84,800$91,200

Median gross rent

$744$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Pocahontas
Under 5	2.6%	4.9%
5 to 17	10.7%	16.9%
18 to 24	18.5%	8.7%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.2%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	20.9%
65 to 74	6.7%	12.1%
75 and over	8.4%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Pocahontas
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	93.6%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	2.4%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.5%
Two or more races	0.4%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Pocahontas
No high school diploma	14.7%	16.7%
High school graduate	26.9%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	8.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	3.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Pocahontas
Drove alone	76.8%	74.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	17.8%
Other means	1.1%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Pocahontas
1-unit, detached	64.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	5.6%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	17.9%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Pocahontas
Poverty rate	16.5%	12.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	19	28
Median year structure built	1968	1962