Greenville vs Smithboro

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

Greenville and Smithboro 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 171 in Smithboro). Greenville has the higher median household income ($52,727 vs $27,500 in Smithboro). Greenville has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $70,000 in Smithboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Smithboro
Population	7,159	171
Median age	37.0 yrs	30.0 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$27,500
Median home value	$119,800	$70,000
Median gross rent	$724	—
Housing units	2,607	88
Homeownership rate	55.5%	94.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	4.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	11.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Smithboro
Population	6,665 → 7,159 (+7.4%)	216 → 171 (-20.8%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $52,727 (+8.2%)	$50,625 → $27,500 (-45.7%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $119,800 (+19.8%)	$65,000 → $70,000 (+7.7%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $724 (+28.4%)	—

Greenville

Population

6,6657,159

Median household income

$48,750$52,727

Median home value

$100,000$119,800

Median gross rent

$564$724

Smithboro

Population

216171

Median household income

$50,625$27,500

Median home value

$65,000$70,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Smithboro
Under 5	2.6%	5.3%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.7%
18 to 24	18.5%	14.6%
25 to 34	15.5%	18.7%
35 to 44	17.7%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.2%	2.3%
55 to 64	8.8%	17.0%
65 to 74	6.7%	6.4%
75 and over	8.4%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Smithboro
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	95.9%
Black or African American	14.7%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.4%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Smithboro
No high school diploma	14.7%	19.0%
High school graduate	26.9%	41.0%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Smithboro
Drove alone	76.8%	82.5%
Carpooled	3.5%	17.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.5%	0.0%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Smithboro
1-unit, detached	64.1%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	21.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Smithboro
Poverty rate	16.5%	42.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1968	1964