Greenview vs Petersburg

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

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

Petersburg has the higher population (2,590 vs 938 in Greenview). Greenview has the higher median household income ($68,958 vs $59,850 in Petersburg). Petersburg has the higher median home value ($174,800 vs $88,700 in Greenview).

Population, income & housing

	Greenview	Petersburg
Population	938	2,590
Median age	42.4 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$68,958	$59,850
Median home value	$88,700	$174,800
Median gross rent	$613	$665
Housing units	440	1,311
Homeownership rate	78.9%	57.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.3%	29.6%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenview	Petersburg
Population	852 → 938 (+10.1%)	2,513 → 2,590 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$64,318 → $68,958 (+7.2%)	$54,833 → $59,850 (+9.1%)
Median home value	$80,000 → $88,700 (+10.9%)	$98,000 → $174,800 (+78.4%)
Median gross rent	$667 → $613 (-8.1%)	$681 → $665 (-2.3%)

Greenview

Population

852938

Median household income

$64,318$68,958

Median home value

$80,000$88,700

Median gross rent

$667$613

Petersburg

Population

2,5132,590

Median household income

$54,833$59,850

Median home value

$98,000$174,800

Median gross rent

$681$665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenview	Petersburg
Under 5	2.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	19.5%	14.5%
18 to 24	9.1%	11.4%
25 to 34	10.4%	15.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	17.6%	17.0%
55 to 64	11.6%	8.9%
65 to 74	7.4%	8.9%
75 and over	8.6%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenview	Petersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	97.2%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenview	Petersburg
No high school diploma	5.1%	8.5%
High school graduate	45.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	37.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	3.0%	14.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenview	Petersburg
Drove alone	82.0%	84.3%
Carpooled	10.6%	2.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	6.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.8%	6.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenview	Petersburg
1-unit, detached	84.1%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	3.9%	11.3%
5 to 19 units	0.5%	4.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	11.6%	2.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenview	Petersburg
Poverty rate	8.6%	15.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	26	23
Median year structure built	1958	1961