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Greenville, SC

74,386 Population
30.3 square miles 2,455.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.8 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 40.7 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$61,102 ±$7,610 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $40,407 ±$1,150
  • about 1.5 times the amount in South Carolina: $40,195 ±$511
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$81,573 ±$4,719 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $75,881 ±$2,142
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Carolina: $72,350 ±$959
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

14.4% ±4.2% (10,215  ±3,000) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 11.8% 114,911 (±1% / ±9,470)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 13.3% 707,939 (±0.5% / ±25,914)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

19 minutes ±0.6 (630,685  ±33,559) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 24.6 9,812,385 (±0.3 / ±159,163)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in South Carolina: 25.6 55,008,796 (±0.1 / ±398,882)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

35,129 ±2,124 Number of households
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 399,170 ±4,248
  • South Carolina: 2,222,890 ±11,062
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2 ±0.1 (70,954  ±85) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 2.4 970,841 (±0 / ±135)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Carolina: 2.4 5,338,044
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

6.2% ±3.9% (1,339  ±845) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 4.3% † 10,126 (±0.9% / ±2,059)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Carolina: 5.4% 67,181 (±0.5% / ±5,987)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

38,636 ±2,340 Number of housing units
  • the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 437,196 ±93
  • South Carolina: 2,531,310 ±358
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$553,700 ±$65,180 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • nearly double the amount in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: $300,400 ±$6,267
  • nearly double the amount in South Carolina: $299,500 ±$3,303
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

24.3% ±5.3% (17,885  ±3,908.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 13.6% 133,898 (±1.2% / ±12,156.2)
  • about double the rate in South Carolina: 12.3% 668,017 (±0.4% / ±24,046)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92% ±5.8% (48,085  ±3,827.6) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 90.9% 620,248 (±1.9% / ±13,042.4)
  • about the same as the rate in South Carolina: 91% 3,479,792 (±0.8% / ±31,588.2)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
58.4% ±4.5% (30,529  ±2,773.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 36.5% 248,843 (±1.2% / ±8,124.1)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in South Carolina: 33.3% 1,275,289 (±0.5% / ±18,834.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

4.7% ±1.6% (3,494  ±1,173) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 7% 69,473
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Carolina: 6.4% 351,009
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.3% ±1.5% (2,599  ±879) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC Metro Area: 6% 46,847 (±0.5% / ±3,854)
  • about half the rate in South Carolina: 8.1% 345,945 (±0.3% / ±11,931)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,599 Total veterans ±879 2,403 Male ±841 196 Female ±218

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