Greenfield vs Wilmington

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

Greenfield and Wilmington 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 113 in Wilmington). Wilmington has the higher median household income ($72,083 vs $70,469 in Greenfield). Since 2019, Greenfield's population has grown faster (-18.6% vs -20.4%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Wilmington
Population	1,137	113
Median age	39.4 yrs	30.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,469	$72,083
Median home value	$97,600	—
Median gross rent	$833	—
Housing units	454	54
Homeownership rate	74.0%	90.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.0%	17.1%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Wilmington
Population	1,397 → 1,137 (-18.6%)	142 → 113 (-20.4%)
Median household income	$48,162 → $70,469 (+46.3%)	$48,438 → $72,083 (+48.8%)
Median home value	$69,900 → $97,600 (+39.6%)	$66,300 → $75,000 (+13.1%)
Median gross rent	$534 → $833 (+56.0%)	—

Greenfield

Population

1,3971,137

Median household income

$48,162$70,469

Median home value

$69,900$97,600

Median gross rent

$534$833

Wilmington

Population

142113

Median household income

$48,438$72,083

Median home value

$66,300$75,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Wilmington
Under 5	7.9%	11.5%
5 to 17	16.8%	8.8%
18 to 24	8.6%	12.4%
25 to 34	10.0%	19.5%
35 to 44	19.1%	3.5%
45 to 54	9.4%	16.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	7.1%
65 to 74	9.8%	14.2%
75 and over	7.7%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Wilmington
White (non-Hispanic)	94.9%	97.3%
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%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.8%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Wilmington
No high school diploma	8.7%	26.3%
High school graduate	40.2%	17.1%
Some college or associate's	34.0%	39.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.2%	3.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Wilmington
Drove alone	70.8%	63.5%
Carpooled	7.5%	21.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.4%	15.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Wilmington
1-unit, detached	78.2%	85.2%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	13.4%	14.8%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Wilmington
Poverty rate	12.1%	25.7%
Average household size	3.15	3.42
Mean commute (minutes)	28	51
Median year structure built	1968	1938