Greenwood vs Oil City

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Oil City: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenwood and Oil City are places in Louisiana. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenwood has the higher population (3,123 vs 941 in Oil City). Greenwood has the higher median household income ($60,540 vs $17,381 in Oil City). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($227,500 vs $55,600 in Oil City).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Oil City
Population	3,123	941
Median age	50.0 yrs	28.5 yrs
Median household income	$60,540	$17,381
Median home value	$227,500	$55,600
Median gross rent	$576	—
Housing units	1,477	533
Homeownership rate	82.7%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.5%	1.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Oil City
Population	3,181 → 3,123 (-1.8%)	998 → 941 (-5.7%)
Median household income	$58,564 → $60,540 (+3.4%)	$24,459 → $17,381 (-28.9%)
Median home value	$168,000 → $227,500 (+35.4%)	$92,100 → $55,600 (-39.6%)
Median gross rent	$729 → $576 (-21.0%)	$432 → $475 (+10.0%)

Greenwood

Population

3,1813,123

Median household income

$58,564$60,540

Median home value

$168,000$227,500

Median gross rent

$729$576

Oil City

Population

998941

Median household income

$24,459$17,381

Median home value

$92,100$55,600

Median gross rent

$432$475

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Oil City
Under 5	2.9%	11.8%
5 to 17	15.1%	14.0%
18 to 24	3.0%	15.8%
25 to 34	9.2%	13.9%
35 to 44	11.2%	5.5%
45 to 54	17.7%	7.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	14.3%	7.5%
75 and over	11.2%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Oil City
White (non-Hispanic)	50.9%	33.9%
Black or African American	38.8%	45.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	18.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Oil City
No high school diploma	4.9%	21.3%
High school graduate	36.7%	34.2%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	42.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	0.5%
Graduate or professional degree	7.2%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Oil City
Drove alone	81.8%	56.2%
Carpooled	11.5%	6.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	22.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	4.2%
Other means	2.7%	11.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Oil City
1-unit, detached	62.1%	40.9%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	4.3%	3.0%
5 to 19 units	5.1%	21.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	25.9%	31.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Oil City
Poverty rate	2.8%	58.4%
Average household size	2.16	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	21
Median year structure built	1995	1977