Greenwood vs Union

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

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

Union has the higher population (753 vs 559 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($138,750 vs $100,104 in Union). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($407,300 vs $224,600 in Union).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Union
Population	559	753
Median age	41.7 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$138,750	$100,104
Median home value	$407,300	$224,600
Median gross rent	$1,370	—
Housing units	183	313
Homeownership rate	78.9%	89.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.1%	15.7%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Union
Population	192 → 559 (+191.1%)	634 → 753 (+18.8%)
Median household income	$98,750 → $138,750 (+40.5%)	$67,083 → $100,104 (+49.2%)
Median home value	$275,000 → $407,300 (+48.1%)	$162,500 → $224,600 (+38.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,281 → $1,370 (+6.9%)	$1,029 → $789 (-23.3%)

Greenwood

Population

192559

Median household income

$98,750$138,750

Median home value

$275,000$407,300

Median gross rent

$1,281$1,370

Union

Population

634753

Median household income

$67,083$100,104

Median home value

$162,500$224,600

Median gross rent

$1,029$789

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Union
Under 5	1.8%	2.4%
5 to 17	21.3%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	6.6%	17.3%
35 to 44	16.6%	17.3%
45 to 54	19.1%	10.5%
55 to 64	8.9%	12.5%
65 to 74	10.6%	6.0%
75 and over	3.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Union
White (non-Hispanic)	78.7%	90.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	5.6%
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%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Union
No high school diploma	6.6%	5.0%
High school graduate	25.5%	46.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	32.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.3%	9.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.9%	6.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Union
Drove alone	70.3%	80.9%
Carpooled	8.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	5.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.7%	8.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Union
1-unit, detached	98.4%	93.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	4.8%
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	Union
Poverty rate	10.0%	4.2%
Average household size	3.11	2.52
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1960	1956