Arcola vs Greenfield

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

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

Greenfield has the higher population (1,276 vs 34 in Arcola). Since 2019, Greenfield's population has grown faster (-16.6% vs -60.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Arcola	Greenfield
Population	34	1,276
Median age	43.5 yrs	43.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$32,930
Median home value	—	$82,500
Median gross rent	—	$563
Housing units	36	722
Homeownership rate	60.0%	56.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	13.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	10.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcola	Greenfield
Population	87 → 34 (-60.9%)	1,530 → 1,276 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$33,125 → $33,854 (+2.2%)	$27,241 → $32,930 (+20.9%)
Median home value	$66,000 → $46,700 (-29.2%)	$62,000 → $82,500 (+33.1%)
Median gross rent	—	$513 → $563 (+9.7%)

Arcola

Population

8734

Median household income

$33,125$33,854

Median home value

$66,000$46,700

Greenfield

Population

1,5301,276

Median household income

$27,241$32,930

Median home value

$62,000$82,500

Median gross rent

$513$563

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcola	Greenfield
Under 5	0.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	8.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	26.5%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	12.1%
35 to 44	14.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	35.3%	6.7%
55 to 64	8.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	2.9%	12.3%
75 and over	2.9%	10.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcola	Greenfield
White (non-Hispanic)	64.7%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	29.4%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcola	Greenfield
No high school diploma	13.6%	14.0%
High school graduate	68.2%	44.1%
Some college or associate's	18.2%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcola	Greenfield
Drove alone	86.7%	73.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	13.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.3%	8.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.7%
Worked from home	0.0%	2.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcola	Greenfield
1-unit, detached	44.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	38.9%	19.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.7%	7.2%

Poverty & households

	Arcola	Greenfield
Poverty rate	5.9%	32.8%
Average household size	3.40	2.16
Mean commute (minutes)	—	25
Median year structure built	1977	1962