Griggsville vs Pittsfield

A side-by-side comparison of Griggsville and Pittsfield: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Pittsfield has the higher population (4,422 vs 1,272 in Griggsville). Pittsfield has the higher median household income ($52,432 vs $37,457 in Griggsville). Pittsfield has the higher median home value ($113,300 vs $84,400 in Griggsville).

Population, income & housing

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
Population	1,272	4,422
Median age	40.6 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$37,457	$52,432
Median home value	$84,400	$113,300
Median gross rent	$556	$703
Housing units	559	2,123
Homeownership rate	57.7%	77.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.4%	24.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
Population	1,458 → 1,272 (-12.8%)	4,362 → 4,422 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$53,088 → $37,457 (-29.4%)	$41,574 → $52,432 (+26.1%)
Median home value	$71,800 → $84,400 (+17.5%)	$98,400 → $113,300 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$660 → $556 (-15.8%)	$594 → $703 (+18.4%)

Griggsville

Population

1,4581,272

Median household income

$53,088$37,457

Median home value

$71,800$84,400

Median gross rent

$660$556

Pittsfield

Population

4,3624,422

Median household income

$41,574$52,432

Median home value

$98,400$113,300

Median gross rent

$594$703

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
Under 5	4.6%	3.3%
5 to 17	19.3%	18.0%
18 to 24	10.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.8%	11.7%
35 to 44	14.7%	13.4%
45 to 54	14.0%	8.6%
55 to 64	13.1%	14.9%
65 to 74	8.9%	10.4%
75 and over	8.0%	14.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
White (non-Hispanic)	88.0%	95.6%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	6.4%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
No high school diploma	12.7%	4.6%
High school graduate	51.8%	39.7%
Some college or associate's	29.1%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
Drove alone	79.1%	87.0%
Carpooled	7.8%	8.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.3%
Walked	2.8%	1.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	1.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	1.9%
Other means	1.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
1-unit, detached	58.0%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	30.1%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	9.3%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Griggsville	Pittsfield
Poverty rate	21.1%	15.7%
Average household size	2.50	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	21	19
Median year structure built	1961	1963