Eldred vs Greenfield

A side-by-side comparison of Eldred and Greenfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenfield has the higher population (1,137 vs 184 in Eldred). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $67,500 in Eldred). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $82,800 in Eldred).

Population, income & housing

	Eldred	Greenfield
Population	184	1,137
Median age	51.7 yrs	39.4 yrs
Median household income	$67,500	$70,469
Median home value	$82,800	$97,600
Median gross rent	$542	$833
Housing units	113	454
Homeownership rate	84.4%	74.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.9%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	0.9%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eldred	Greenfield
Population	186 → 184 (-1.1%)	1,397 → 1,137 (-18.6%)
Median household income	$25,682 → $67,500 (+162.8%)	$48,162 → $70,469 (+46.3%)
Median home value	$60,000 → $82,800 (+38.0%)	$69,900 → $97,600 (+39.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$534 → $833 (+56.0%)

Eldred

Population

186184

Median household income

$25,682$67,500

Median home value

$60,000$82,800

Greenfield

Population

1,3971,137

Median household income

$48,162$70,469

Median home value

$69,900$97,600

Median gross rent

$534$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eldred	Greenfield
Under 5	3.8%	7.9%
5 to 17	3.3%	16.8%
18 to 24	3.8%	8.6%
25 to 34	10.3%	10.0%
35 to 44	6.0%	19.1%
45 to 54	34.8%	9.4%
55 to 64	8.7%	10.7%
65 to 74	18.5%	9.8%
75 and over	10.9%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eldred	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	95.1%	94.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.7%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eldred	Greenfield
No high school diploma	4.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	67.7%	40.2%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	34.0%
Bachelor's degree	4.9%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	3.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eldred	Greenfield
Drove alone	94.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.6%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.9%	19.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eldred	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	86.7%	78.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	5.3%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	0.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	7.1%	13.4%

Poverty & households

	Eldred	Greenfield
Poverty rate	7.1%	12.1%
Average household size	1.92	3.15
Mean commute (minutes)	44	28
Median year structure built	1938	1968