Greenfield (Illinois)

Greene County

17-31368

Greenfield is a city in Greene County, Illinois, United States, with 1179 inhabitants ( 2000). The city covers an area of 4.4 km ².

Geography

Greenfield is located at 39 ° 20'35 " north latitude and 90 ° 12'35 " west longitude. The city covers more than 4.4 square kilometers, which consist exclusively of land area

40.0 km west of Greenfield flows at Kampsville the Illinois River. A further € 12.6 kilometers to the west is the Mississippi River, which forms the border with the neighboring state of Missouri.

By Greenfield runs in a north -south direction, the Illinois State Route 267, hit the center in a series of minor roads of regional significance.

The nearest large towns are Illinois ' capital Springfield ( 93.7 km northeast ), Hannibal (Missouri ) (136 km west- north-west ), and St. Louis in Missouri ( 88.0 km to the south).

Demographic data

In the census of 2000 a population of 1,179 was determined. These were distributed to 500 households in 330 families. The population density was 792.6 / km ². There were 533 residential buildings, which corresponded to a housing density of 121.0 / km ².

The population consisted in 2000 of 99.2 % White, 0.1 % African American and 0.4 % Indians. 0.4 % said to be descended from at least two of these groups. 0.4% of the population were Hispanics who belonged to the various of the aforementioned groups.

24.5% were under the age of 18, 9.8 % from 18 to 24, 25.3% 25-44, 19.8% from 45 to 64 and 20.7 % 65 and older. The median age was 39 years. For every 100 females were statistically 87.4 men in the over 18 -year-old 79.1.

The median income per household was $ 30,833, the median family income $ 36,908. The median income for men was $ 27,961 and for women about $ 22,216. The per capita income amounted to $ 16,386. Around 10.0 % of families and 10.2 % of the total population were below the poverty line income.