With 72,935 people, Greenville is a city in South Carolina. Owners hold 41% of the housing stock. This is an unusually credentialed place: 56% of adults have a four-year degree. This skews young, with a median age of 34.7. People stay put here: 76% were in the same home a year ago. The population is up 30% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $71,472, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 34.7
US median: 38.9
More educated
56% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 138%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Greenville
What changed most since 1990
Median home value (2024 dollars)$161,045 → $487,500(+203%)US over the same years: +67%
White share63.2% → 66.2%(+3.1 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Black share35.1% → 19.4%(−15.7 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Greenville's population equals 13% of Greenville County's. Its number of households without a car equals 27% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 18% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)29.7%(839)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)28.1%(793)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era26.4%(744)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War1.9%(55)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0.8%(22)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 2,822 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Greenville, decade by decade
Greenville population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
58,282
$57,513
$161,045
29.3%
59.7
2000
56,002
$60,377
$204,936
34.2%
64.8
2010
58,409
$57,961
$263,978
40.2%
66.6
2020
70,720
$70,612
$403,245
50.8%
66.1
2024
72,935
$71,472
$487,500
55.5%
64.4
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
