Greenfield vs Kane

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

Greenfield and Kane 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 246 in Kane). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $57,794 in Kane). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $81,100 in Kane).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Kane
Population	1,137	246
Median age	39.4 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$57,794
Median home value	$97,600	$81,100
Median gross rent	$833	$833
Housing units	454	147
Homeownership rate	74.0%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	3.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Kane
Population	1,397 → 1,137 (-18.6%)	255 → 246 (-3.5%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $70,469 (+46.3%)	$29,250 → $57,794 (+97.6%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $97,600 (+39.6%)	$67,000 → $81,100 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $833 (+56.0%)	$613 → $833 (+35.9%)

Greenfield

Population

1,3971,137

Median household income

$48,162$70,469

Median home value

$69,900$97,600

Median gross rent

$534$833

Kane

Population

255246

Median household income

$29,250$57,794

Median home value

$67,000$81,100

Median gross rent

$613$833

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Kane
Under 5	7.9%	1.6%
5 to 17	16.8%	11.0%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.0%	15.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	15.0%
45 to 54	9.4%	11.4%
55 to 64	10.7%	22.4%
65 to 74	9.8%	8.9%
75 and over	7.7%	4.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Kane
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	90.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Kane
No high school diploma	8.7%	16.1%
High school graduate	40.2%	50.5%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	2.6%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	0.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Kane
Drove alone	70.8%	81.8%
Carpooled	7.5%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	5.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	6.6%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Kane
1-unit, detached	78.2%	72.8%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	10.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	2.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	13.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Kane
Poverty rate	12.1%	16.0%
Average household size	3.15	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	28	29
Median year structure built	1968	1942