Greenfield vs Orient

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Orient: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenfield and Orient are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenfield has the higher population (1,826 vs 411 in Orient). Orient has the higher median household income ($81,250 vs $53,152 in Greenfield). Greenfield has the higher median home value ($115,700 vs $109,800 in Orient).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Orient
Population	1,826	411
Median age	47.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,152	$81,250
Median home value	$115,700	$109,800
Median gross rent	$600	$1,304
Housing units	949	172
Homeownership rate	61.5%	83.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	12.0%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Orient
Population	1,730 → 1,826 (+5.5%)	467 → 411 (-12.0%)
Median household income	$42,891 → $53,152 (+23.9%)	$45,833 → $81,250 (+77.3%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $115,700 (+24.1%)	$78,000 → $109,800 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$523 → $600 (+14.7%)	$560 → $1,304 (+132.9%)

Greenfield

Population

1,7301,826

Median household income

$42,891$53,152

Median home value

$93,200$115,700

Median gross rent

$523$600

Orient

Population

467411

Median household income

$45,833$81,250

Median home value

$78,000$109,800

Median gross rent

$560$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Orient
Under 5	5.4%	2.9%
5 to 17	15.8%	18.0%
18 to 24	6.2%	8.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	11.7%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	7.3%	5.6%
55 to 64	15.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	14.6%	18.5%
75 and over	15.8%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Orient
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	86.9%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	6.8%
Two or more races	0.5%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Orient
No high school diploma	4.0%	5.5%
High school graduate	40.1%	44.3%
Some college or associate's	32.4%	38.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.8%	7.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.7%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Orient
Drove alone	86.4%	69.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	11.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	11.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	7.3%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Orient
1-unit, detached	81.1%	92.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	11.1%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	5.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Orient
Poverty rate	16.2%	13.0%
Average household size	1.91	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1950	1941