Greenwood vs Lone Jack

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Lone Jack: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenwood has the higher population (6,000 vs 1,487 in Lone Jack). Lone Jack has the higher median household income ($116,328 vs $104,638 in Greenwood). Lone Jack has the higher median home value ($307,400 vs $263,300 in Greenwood).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
Population	6,000	1,487
Median age	37.3 yrs	32.1 yrs
Median household income	$104,638	$116,328
Median home value	$263,300	$307,400
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,197
Housing units	2,193	467
Homeownership rate	90.9%	89.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	36.3%	34.5%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
Population	6,247 → 6,000 (-4.0%)	1,371 → 1,487 (+8.5%)
Median household income	$91,299 → $104,638 (+14.6%)	$86,786 → $116,328 (+34.0%)
Median home value	$170,500 → $263,300 (+54.4%)	$199,300 → $307,400 (+54.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,454 → $1,679 (+15.5%)	$1,026 → $1,197 (+16.7%)

Greenwood

Population

6,2476,000

Median household income

$91,299$104,638

Median home value

$170,500$263,300

Median gross rent

$1,454$1,679

Lone Jack

Population

1,3711,487

Median household income

$86,786$116,328

Median home value

$199,300$307,400

Median gross rent

$1,026$1,197

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
Under 5	7.5%	9.7%
5 to 17	17.5%	27.7%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.3%
25 to 34	12.2%	16.6%
35 to 44	16.3%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.9%	9.3%
55 to 64	9.8%	7.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	4.4%
75 and over	2.1%	2.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	80.6%
Black or African American	3.2%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	5.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.0%	3.8%
Two or more races	3.5%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.3%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
No high school diploma	3.3%	1.8%
High school graduate	21.8%	24.4%
Some college or associate's	38.6%	39.3%
Bachelor's degree	26.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.0%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
Drove alone	71.2%	84.4%
Carpooled	3.1%	2.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.1%	11.5%
Other means	10.1%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
1-unit, detached	99.0%	92.5%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Lone Jack
Poverty rate	2.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.73	3.18
Mean commute (minutes)	28	33
Median year structure built	1995	2005