Greenview vs Lake Petersburg

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

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

Greenview has the higher population (938 vs 769 in Lake Petersburg). Lake Petersburg has the higher median household income ($124,643 vs $68,958 in Greenview). Lake Petersburg has the higher median home value ($336,200 vs $88,700 in Greenview).

Population, income & housing

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
Population	938	769
Median age	42.4 yrs	59.0 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$124,643
Median home value	$88,700	$336,200
Median gross rent	$613	—
Housing units	440	388
Homeownership rate	78.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	40.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	2.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
Population	852 → 938 (+10.1%)	449 → 769 (+71.3%)
Median household income	$64,318 → $68,958 (+7.2%)	$74,500 → $124,643 (+67.3%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $88,700 (+10.9%)	$270,400 → $336,200 (+24.3%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $613 (-8.1%)	—

Greenview

Population

852938

Median household income

$64,318$68,958

Median home value

$80,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$667$613

Lake Petersburg

Population

449769

Median household income

$74,500$124,643

Median home value

$270,400$336,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
Under 5	2.8%	3.6%
5 to 17	19.5%	8.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	2.6%
25 to 34	10.4%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.0%	4.8%
45 to 54	17.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	11.6%	25.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	25.2%
75 and over	8.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	92.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	1.1%
High school graduate	45.5%	19.5%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	29.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
Drove alone	82.0%	78.2%
Carpooled	10.6%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	11.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
1-unit, detached	84.1%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenview	Lake Petersburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	0.0%
Average household size	2.39	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	35
Median year structure built	1958	1974