Greenfield vs Roodhouse

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

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

Roodhouse has the higher population (1,662 vs 1,137 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median household income ($70,469 vs $51,667 in Roodhouse). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($97,600 vs $70,300 in Roodhouse).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
Population	1,137	1,662
Median age	39.4 yrs	46.9 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$51,667
Median home value	$97,600	$70,300
Median gross rent	$833	$703
Housing units	454	835
Homeownership rate	74.0%	84.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
Population	1,397 → 1,137 (-18.6%)	1,757 → 1,662 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $70,469 (+46.3%)	$35,227 → $51,667 (+46.7%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $97,600 (+39.6%)	$56,000 → $70,300 (+25.5%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $833 (+56.0%)	$676 → $703 (+4.0%)

Greenfield

Population

1,3971,137

Median household income

$48,162$70,469

Median home value

$69,900$97,600

Median gross rent

$534$833

Roodhouse

Population

1,7571,662

Median household income

$35,227$51,667

Median home value

$56,000$70,300

Median gross rent

$676$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
Under 5	7.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.4%
18 to 24	8.6%	9.1%
25 to 34	10.0%	6.9%
35 to 44	19.1%	10.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	15.1%
55 to 64	10.7%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.6%
75 and over	7.7%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	98.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
No high school diploma	8.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	40.2%	49.4%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	6.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
Drove alone	70.8%	85.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	10.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	3.2%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
1-unit, detached	78.2%	86.5%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	11.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Roodhouse
Poverty rate	12.1%	23.7%
Average household size	3.15	2.49
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1968	1953