Athens vs Greenview

A side-by-side comparison of Athens and Greenview: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Athens has the higher population (2,146 vs 938 in Greenview). Athens has the higher median household income ($85,000 vs $68,958 in Greenview). Athens has the higher median home value ($164,200 vs $88,700 in Greenview).

Population, income & housing

	Athens	Greenview
Population	2,146	938
Median age	33.3 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$85,000	$68,958
Median home value	$164,200	$88,700
Median gross rent	$893	$613
Housing units	959	440
Homeownership rate	74.7%	78.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.6%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	7.7%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Athens	Greenview
Population	2,120 → 2,146 (+1.2%)	852 → 938 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$71,875 → $85,000 (+18.3%)	$64,318 → $68,958 (+7.2%)
Median home value	$123,100 → $164,200 (+33.4%)	$80,000 → $88,700 (+10.9%)
Median gross rent	$788 → $893 (+13.3%)	$667 → $613 (-8.1%)

Athens

Population

2,1202,146

Median household income

$71,875$85,000

Median home value

$123,100$164,200

Median gross rent

$788$893

Greenview

Population

852938

Median household income

$64,318$68,958

Median home value

$80,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$667$613

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Athens	Greenview
Under 5	4.1%	2.8%
5 to 17	22.8%	19.5%
18 to 24	10.7%	9.1%
25 to 34	15.0%	10.4%
35 to 44	12.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	9.9%	17.6%
55 to 64	13.4%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.4%
75 and over	5.1%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Athens	Greenview
White (non-Hispanic)	90.4%	97.2%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Athens	Greenview
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.1%
High school graduate	32.1%	45.5%
Some college or associate's	38.2%	37.1%
Bachelor's degree	15.5%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	3.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Athens	Greenview
Drove alone	78.6%	82.0%
Carpooled	13.9%	10.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	5.8%
Other means	0.8%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Athens	Greenview
1-unit, detached	90.2%	84.1%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	3.9%
5 to 19 units	0.8%	0.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Athens	Greenview
Poverty rate	9.4%	8.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1982	1958