Greenwood vs Ringwood

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Ringwood: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Ringwood has the higher population (778 vs 559 in Greenwood). Ringwood has the higher median household income ($157,500 vs $138,750 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($407,300 vs $364,700 in Ringwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Ringwood
Population	559	778
Median age	41.7 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$138,750	$157,500
Median home value	$407,300	$364,700
Median gross rent	$1,370	$1,021
Housing units	183	286
Homeownership rate	78.9%	93.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	31.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Ringwood
Population	192 → 559 (+191.1%)	789 → 778 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $138,750 (+40.5%)	$113,125 → $157,500 (+39.2%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $407,300 (+48.1%)	$289,400 → $364,700 (+26.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,370 (+6.9%)	$1,188 → $1,021 (-14.1%)

Greenwood

Population

192559

Median household income

$98,750$138,750

Median home value

$275,000$407,300

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,370

Ringwood

Population

789778

Median household income

$113,125$157,500

Median home value

$289,400$364,700

Median gross rent

$1,188$1,021

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Ringwood
Under 5	1.8%	4.0%
5 to 17	21.3%	20.4%
18 to 24	11.8%	4.6%
25 to 34	6.6%	7.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	8.6%
45 to 54	19.1%	18.1%
55 to 64	8.9%	19.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	12.0%
75 and over	3.2%	5.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Ringwood
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	90.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.4%	4.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Ringwood
No high school diploma	6.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	25.5%	37.7%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	21.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Ringwood
Drove alone	70.3%	78.6%
Carpooled	8.5%	2.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.5%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	15.7%	11.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Ringwood
1-unit, detached	98.4%	95.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Ringwood
Poverty rate	10.0%	9.0%
Average household size	3.11	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1960	1986