City · Greene County, Illinois

Roodhouse, Illinois

Roodhouse is a city in Greene County, Illinois. It has 1,544 residents. Roodhouse, Illinois has a quality-of-life score of 15 out of 100 (very low), ranking #13,283 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Illinois it ranks #670 of 697 cities and towns. It ranks best on home price to income ratio (low), public libraries (high) and restaurants and bars (high). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), average weekly wage (low) and arts, entertainment and recreation (low).

15Very low

Quality-of-life score: #13,283 of 15,651 cities and towns
Illinois: #670 of 697 in IL
Population: 1,544 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,370.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 1765481

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 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.

Safety66#5,380/15,637
Economy2#15,253/15,631
Housing63#5,557/14,977
Health11#13,914/15,609
Healthcare13#13,637/15,650
Environment21#12,273/15,453
Education19#12,620/15,649
Infrastructure10#14,137/15,650
Community60#6,207/15,651
Leisure & amenities22#12,229/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Roodhouse, Illinois ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greene 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

Home price to income ratio · low1.3×
99/100Illinois 3.2×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Public libraries · high3.5 /10k
97/100Illinois 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesGreene County value
Restaurants and bars · high15.0 /10k
95/100Illinois 10.3 /10kUnited States 9.0 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
94/100Illinois 6.2 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionProvisional dataGreene County value
Students per teacher · low11.2×
92/100Illinois 13.6×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsGreene County value
Social associations · high14.7 /10k
90/100Illinois 9.8 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value

Weaknesses

Mental health providers · low9 /100k
0/100Illinois 355 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Average weekly wage · low$828
1/100Illinois $1,539United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · low0.9 /10k
2/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsGreene County value
Unemployment rate · high16.1%
2/100Illinois 4.6%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
Primary care physicians · low17 /100k
3/100Illinois 82 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteGreene County value
Public EV charging ports · low0.0 /10k
3/100Illinois 4.8 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyGreene County value

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
1,757 (2015-2019) → 1,544 (2020-2024)
−12%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.8% (2015-2019) → 88.9% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateWorsening
30.6% (2015-2019) → 47.2% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Unemployment rateWorsening
4.6% (2015-2019) → 16.1% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
43.7% (2015-2019) → 54.5% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$35,227 (2015-2019) → $52,604 (2020-2024)
+49%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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, Roodhouse, Illinois improved on 3 of 15 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 11 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.

Improved3

Broadband+19 points69.8% → 88.9%
Uninsured−5 points8.1% → 3.1%
Household income+49%$35,227 → $52,604

Declined1

Unemployment+12 points4.6% → 16.1%

All 15 measures

Change of every measure of Roodhouse, Illinois between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.5 min2015-2019	28.4 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	61%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.0%2015-2019	10.3%2020-2024	−0.7 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Broadband subscriptions	69.8%2015-2019	88.9%2020-2024	+19 points	Improved	89%
Child poverty rate	30.6%2015-2019	47.2%2020-2024	+17 points	Within the margin of error	6%
Effective property tax rate	2.20%2015-2019	1.92%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	71%
High school diploma or higher	89.2%2015-2019	91.9%2020-2024	+2.8 points	Within the margin of error	66%
Home price to income ratio	1.6×2015-2019	1.3×2020-2024	−0.3×	Within the margin of error	89%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4102015-2019	0.4402020-2024	+0.029	Within the margin of error	27%
Median household income	$35,2272015-2019	$52,6042020-2024	+49%	Improved	84%
Poverty rate	24.1%2015-2019	25.6%2020-2024	+1.5 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	28.5%2015-2019	32.2%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	29%
Rent-burdened households	43.7%2015-2019	54.5%2020-2024	+11 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Unemployment rate	4.6%2015-2019	16.1%2020-2024	+12 points	Declined	0%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.1%2015-2019	3.1%2020-2024	−5 points	Improved	86%

“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 Roodhouse, Illinois five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Roodhouse, 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, Roodhouse, Illinois itself moved −3.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

1,544 residents (±189)

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

621 households (±98)

Roodhouse, Illinois
Illinois share

Under $25k27%†168
$25k–50k18%113
$50k–75k18%†113

Homes

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

Owners and renters

621 households (±98)

Roodhouse, Illinois
Illinois share

Own87%539
Rent13%†82

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+13.1 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

536 workers (±96)

Roodhouse, Illinois
Illinois share

Drive alone85%454
Carpool7.8%†42
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 Greene County, the county holding most of Roodhouse's residents.

Greene County has 215 employer establishments, 186 for every 10,000 residents (0.75× the US rate of 248; 0.73× Illinois's), with 1,472 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,843. The Census Bureau also counts 745 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 215; 745 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 186; US 248 · Illinois 255
Paid employees: 1,472
Average annual pay: $46,843; US $68,342

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

Truck transportation	20	17.3	3.42×More than typical	50	$51,320	35
Religious organizations	17	14.7	2.65×More than typical	62	$15,500	—
Restaurants and other eating places	16	13.8	0.75×Fewer than typical	170	$13,106	5
Ambulatory health care services	12	10.4	0.50×Fewer than typical	57	$44,211	13
Specialty trade contractors	11	9.5	0.61×Fewer than typical	53	$46,057	77
Gasoline stations	9	7.8	2.40×Too few to compare	85	$23,894	—
Limited-service restaurants	8	6.9	0.86×Too few to compare	104	$11,904	4
Services to buildings and dwellings	8	6.9	1.03×Too few to compare	32	$44,594	67
Full-service restaurants	7	6.1	0.79×Too few to compare	59	$15,763	—
Insurance agencies and brokerages	7	6.1	1.38×Too few to compare	13	$40,846	7
Accounting, tax preparation and payroll services	6	5.2	1.27×Too few to compare	16	$33,063	10
Banks and credit unions	6	5.2	1.61×Too few to compare	118	$82,220	—

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 11,567 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: Roodhouse is mostly in Greene County.

See federal money in Greene 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.

Roodhouse, 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.

Greene County42100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Greene 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
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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