City · Pike County, Illinois

Griggsville, Illinois

Griggsville is a city in Pike County, Illinois. It has 1,310 residents. Griggsville, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 17 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,054 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #661 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on grocery stores (high), public libraries (high) and time spent in the emergency room (low). It ranks worst on flu vaccinations (low), pharmacies (low) and median household income (low).

17Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,054 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #661 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,310 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,184.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 1731771

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 74 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,691/15,637
Economy6#14,735/15,631
Housing57#6,390/14,977
Health17#12,987/15,609
Healthcare19#12,639/15,650
Environment33#10,371/15,453
Education8#14,417/15,649
Infrastructure3#15,215/15,650
Community33#10,449/15,651
Leisure & amenities86#2,118/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Griggsville, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Pike County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Grocery stores · high2.8 /10k
93/100Illinois 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.7 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Public libraries · high2.1 /10k
92/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesPike County value
Time spent in the emergency room · low117 min
89/100Illinois 170 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesPike County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high7.0 /10k
88/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Restaurants and bars · high11.9 /10k
87/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Violent crime rate · low105 /100k
84/100Illinois 251 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationPike County value

Weaknesses

Flu vaccinations · low17.0%
0/100Illinois 48.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Pharmacies · low0.0 /10k
1/100Illinois 2.0 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value
Median household income · low$36,667
4/100Illinois $83,327United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Math scores · low2.53
5/100Illinois 2.90United States 3.032019University of Wisconsin Population Health InstitutePike County value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low9.6%
7/100Illinois 37.8%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Average weekly wage · low$915
7/100Illinois $1,539United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsPike County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
1,458 (2015-2019) → 1,310 (2020-2024)
−10%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
27.6% (2015-2019) → 54.0% (2020-2024)
+26 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateWorsening
13.1% (2015-2019) → 30.1% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
1.4× (2015-2019) → 2.4× (2020-2024)
+74%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
21.2% (2015-2019) → 31.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Poverty rateWorsening
13.4% (2015-2019) → 23.4% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Griggsville, Illinois improved on 0 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 3. 8 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined3

Household income−31%$53,088 → $36,667
Inequality+0.1000.410 → 0.511
Price / income+1.0×1.4× → 2.4×

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Griggsville, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	19.6 min2015-2019	24.0 min2020-2024	+4.3 min	Within the margin of error	13%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%2015-2019	9.6%2020-2024	−2.3 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Broadband subscriptions	73.6%2015-2019	78.8%2020-2024	+5.2 points	Within the margin of error	33%
Effective property tax rate	2.06%2015-2019	1.91%2020-2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	48%
High school diploma or higher	83.6%2015-2019	87.7%2020-2024	+4.1 points	Within the margin of error	76%
Home price to income ratio	1.4×2015-2019	2.4×2020-2024	+1.0×	Declined	22%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.5112020-2024	+0.100	Declined	5%
Median household income	$53,0882015-2019	$36,6672020-2024	−31%	Declined	0%
Poverty rate	13.4%2015-2019	23.4%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	12.4%2015-2019	6.8%2020-2024	−5.6 points	Within the margin of error	89%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Griggsville, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Griggsville, Illinois in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Griggsville, Illinois itself moved −19.1 points in standing on average over the same 8 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,310 residents (±214)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

532 households (±88)

Griggsville, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k41%†217
$25k–50k23%†122
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

532 households (±88)

Griggsville, Illinois
Illinois share

Own59%313
Rent41%†219

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (−19.5 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

588 workers (±111)

Griggsville, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone84%495
Carpool6.5%†38
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Pike County, the county holding most of Griggsville's residents.

Pike County has 349 employer establishments, 243 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 0.95× Illinois's), with 3,345 paid employees at an average annual pay of $41,611. The Census Bureau also counts 1,013 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 349; 1,013 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 243; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 3,345
Average annual pay: $41,611; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Pike County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	23	16	0.87×About typical	266	$15,936	7
Specialty trade contractors	21	14.6	0.95×About typical	88	$42,432	75
Truck transportation	20	13.9	2.76×More than typical	200	$58,340	41
Construction of buildings	16	11.1	1.47×More than typical	53	$35,528	44
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	10.5	2.38×More than typical	41	$45,341	16
Religious organizations	15	10.5	1.88×More than typical	57	$16,491	—
Ambulatory health care services	13	9.1	0.43×Fewer than typical	112	$73,393	18
Banks and credit unions	13	9.1	2.80×More than typical	160	$60,969	—
Building equipment contractors	13	9.1	1.51×More than typical	57	$50,298	13
Full-service restaurants	13	9.1	1.18×About typical	118	$16,441	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	12	8.4	1.66×More than typical	37	$34,622	27
Gasoline stations	12	8.4	2.58×More than typical	125	$21,224	—

Rank places for an industry Open Pike County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,351 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Griggsville is mostly in Pike County.

See federal money in Pike County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Griggsville, Illinois is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Mary E. MillerR-IL-15 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 3.9%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Pike County45100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Pike County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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