Greenville vs Sorento

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

Greenville and Sorento 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 503 in Sorento). Greenville has the higher median household income ($52,727 vs $48,333 in Sorento). Greenville has the higher median home value ($119,800 vs $52,900 in Sorento).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Sorento
Population	7,159	503
Median age	37.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$52,727	$48,333
Median home value	$119,800	$52,900
Median gross rent	$724	$617
Housing units	2,607	242
Homeownership rate	55.5%	88.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.6%	9.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Sorento
Population	6,665 → 7,159 (+7.4%)	443 → 503 (+13.5%)
Median household income	$48,750 → $52,727 (+8.2%)	$32,273 → $48,333 (+49.8%)
Median home value	$100,000 → $119,800 (+19.8%)	$42,800 → $52,900 (+23.6%)
Median gross rent	$564 → $724 (+28.4%)	$614 → $617 (+0.5%)

Greenville

Population

6,6657,159

Median household income

$48,750$52,727

Median home value

$100,000$119,800

Median gross rent

$564$724

Sorento

Population

443503

Median household income

$32,273$48,333

Median home value

$42,800$52,900

Median gross rent

$614$617

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Sorento
Under 5	2.6%	1.6%
5 to 17	10.7%	18.3%
18 to 24	18.5%	14.1%
25 to 34	15.5%	9.3%
35 to 44	17.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	11.2%	9.9%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.1%
65 to 74	6.7%	9.5%
75 and over	8.4%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Sorento
White (non-Hispanic)	76.6%	91.7%
Black or African American	14.7%	0.4%
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%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Sorento
No high school diploma	14.7%	9.9%
High school graduate	26.9%	53.9%
Some college or associate's	36.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	12.9%	8.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.6%	1.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Sorento
Drove alone	76.8%	87.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	11.8%
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%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Sorento
1-unit, detached	64.1%	83.1%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	2.5%
20 or more units	2.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.8%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Sorento
Poverty rate	16.5%	19.1%
Average household size	2.08	2.59
Mean commute (minutes)	19	34
Median year structure built	1968	1943