Live homes, historic squares, and Illinois River bottomland from Carrollton to White Hall, Roodhouse, Greenfield, and the Eldred bottoms — a 546-square-mile US-67 corridor county where prewar small-town housing stock still trades at some of the most accessible price points in Central Illinois.
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Drop a pin halfway between Jacksonville and Alton on the US-67 four-lane and you land in Greene County. The 1891 courthouse in Carrollton (population ~2,490) sits at the geographic and civic center; White Hall and Roodhouse line the southern stretch of the corridor; Greenfield holds the east; and the Illinois River valley — including the Eldred bottoms and the Koster archaeological dig near Kampsville — runs the entire western edge. Total county population sits around 12,000 spread across a dozen incorporated communities, with Boyd Memorial Hospital, Pfizer Animal Health, and the consolidated school districts forming the day-to-day economic backbone.
Apex Realty is about 40 minutes north of Carrollton up US-67 — the same four-lane our clients drive to St. Louis. We know which Roodhouse blocks still carry rail-era charm and which ones have foundation issues, which White Hall lots back to the highway noise corridor, which Greenfield streets the locals actually want to live on, and how the Illinois River bottomland behaves in flood years. That kind of read takes route familiarity, not zip-code analysis.
Whether you're a first-time buyer using FHA on a $90K Carrollton bungalow, a St. Louis commuter cutting your housing cost in half by moving up US-67, a hunter chasing the Eldred waterfowl flyway, or an investor buying a small-town duplex on the Roodhouse historic district — we work the full county.
Meet the Apex teamLive data from the RMLS Alliance MLS — every active residential listing in Greene County from every brokerage. Map and list view, filter by price, beds, or features.
Each Greene County community has its own market dynamics, school district, and neighborhood character. Click through for local listings, market notes, and area-specific guides.
County seat. Historic 1891 courthouse. Carrollton CUSD 1. Boyd Memorial Hospital.
View Carrollton →Southern Greene County. US-67 four-lane corridor. North Greene CUSD 3.
View White Hall →Historic railroad town. Rail heritage district. North Greene CUSD 3.
View Roodhouse →Eastern Greene County. Greenfield CUSD 10. Affordable older homes.
View Greenfield →Small village near the Illinois River bottomlands.
View Kane →Illinois River bottomland village. Hunting and waterfowl access.
View Eldred →Greene County is consistently among the most affordable rural housing markets in Central Illinois, and the reasons are structural rather than temporary. The population has been flat-to-declining for decades, the housing stock skews predominantly pre-1960, and the local employer base — Boyd Healthcare, Pfizer Animal Health, White House Manufacturing, Roodhouse Envelope, the school districts, and county government — is stable but not growth-oriented. What that produces is a buyer-friendly market with low entry points, slow turnover, and a strong owner-occupancy rate.
It is genuinely possible to buy a livable two- or three-bedroom home in Carrollton, White Hall, Roodhouse, or Greenfield under $100K — not as a flip project, but as a primary residence. Above $175K the buyer pool narrows quickly. The properties that command premium pricing are well-maintained homes on the historic Carrollton blocks, US-67-adjacent commercial lots, and any tract with productive farm ground attached.
For sellers, the implication is that condition and presentation matter far more than chasing the comp ceiling — a clean, updated home priced sharply will outsell a tired property listed 15% above market every time. For buyers, the implication is that financing constraints (USDA Rural Development, FHA 203k for rehab) are often the lever that unlocks the most upside, not bidding-war strategy.
The completion of US-67 as a continuous four-lane through White Hall and Roodhouse put metro St. Louis within roughly 75 minutes of Carrollton and 60 minutes of White Hall. That has quietly opened Greene County to a buyer profile it didn't really have ten years ago — remote workers and outer-ring commuters who want acreage at a fraction of St. Charles or Madison County pricing.
For block-by-block data on any Greene County town, current days-on-market, or recent sold comparables in the Koster/Kampsville recreational corridor — call us. We'll pull what's actually transacting and walk through what it means for your specific situation.
Carrollton (county seat, ~2,490) is the largest, followed by White Hall, Roodhouse, Greenfield, Wrights, Hillview, Kane, Eldred, Rockbridge, and Kampsville — plus several smaller unincorporated communities along US-67 and the Illinois River bottomlands. Apex represents buyers and sellers across every Greene County community.
Median residential sale prices in Greene County typically run in the $70K-$130K range — among the most affordable in Central Illinois. Carrollton historic-district homes and any property with significant attached acreage push higher. The full MLS browse above shows real-time pricing on every active Greene County listing.
Three districts serve the county. Carrollton CUSD 1 covers Carrollton and the north-central county. North Greene CUSD 3 consolidates Roodhouse, White Hall, and Hillview. Greenfield CUSD 10 serves Greenfield and the eastern county. They're small districts with the corresponding tradeoffs — close-knit communities and low student-teacher ratios on one hand, fewer specialty programs than a metro district on the other. We can give you the local read on each.
Effective property tax rates in Greene County typically fall in the 1.7%-2.2% range depending on township and school district. On a $100K home, that's roughly $1,700-$2,200 annually. Because home prices run lower than the state average, the actual dollar tax bill in Greene tends to be among the more manageable in our service area even though the rate is roughly in line with the rest of Illinois.
For long-term single-family rentals, Greene offers some of the best price-to-rent ratios in our entire service area — sub-$80K acquisition costs against rural rents that don't fall in proportion to home prices. The constraint is tenant pool depth and turnover risk. For BRRRR-style rehab investors, the pre-1960 housing stock provides genuine value-add opportunity. For short-term rentals, demand is thin outside specific Illinois River and hunting-season niches.
Yes. Greene has substantial row-crop ground, Illinois River bottomland (highly valued for waterfowl), and timber tracts in the western county near Eldred and Hillview. We represent farm and recreational land buyers and sellers throughout the region. See our Farm & Recreational page for details.
For MLS-listed properties accepting showings in Carrollton, White Hall, Roodhouse, or Greenfield, we can typically schedule a tour within 24 hours. The US-67 corridor makes it easy to batch multiple showings into a single trip from Jacksonville or St. Louis — we routinely arrange three- and four-property tours for relocating buyers.
Whether you're three years out or three weeks from moving, an Apex agent will walk you through the Greene County market — what's available, what's coming, and what you should actually pay attention to. No pressure, no obligation, just a real conversation.
Every active home for sale inside each of Greene County’s school districts — with school-by-school context and live MLS data.
