Greenville vs McKenzie

A side-by-side comparison of Greenville and McKenzie: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenville and McKenzie are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenville has the higher population (7,229 vs 731 in McKenzie). Greenville has the higher median household income ($40,744 vs $31,250 in McKenzie). Greenville has the higher median home value ($117,800 vs $59,600 in McKenzie).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	McKenzie
Population	7,229	731
Median age	36.3 yrs	35.0 yrs
Median household income	$40,744	$31,250
Median home value	$117,800	$59,600
Median gross rent	$728	$523
Housing units	3,737	336
Homeownership rate	46.9%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	5.6%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	McKenzie
Population	7,589 → 7,229 (-4.7%)	776 → 731 (-5.8%)
Median household income	$38,004 → $40,744 (+7.2%)	$35,625 → $31,250 (-12.3%)
Median home value	$117,100 → $117,800 (+0.6%)	$58,500 → $59,600 (+1.9%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $728 (+14.5%)	$333 → $523 (+57.1%)

Greenville

Population

7,5897,229

Median household income

$38,004$40,744

Median home value

$117,100$117,800

Median gross rent

$636$728

McKenzie

Population

776731

Median household income

$35,625$31,250

Median home value

$58,500$59,600

Median gross rent

$333$523

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	McKenzie
Under 5	6.6%	10.0%
5 to 17	18.3%	22.2%
18 to 24	7.1%	4.5%
25 to 34	15.1%	13.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	13.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.8%	8.5%
65 to 74	10.8%	10.5%
75 and over	7.3%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	McKenzie
White (non-Hispanic)	31.5%	68.4%
Black or African American	62.2%	30.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	0.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	McKenzie
No high school diploma	11.6%	13.2%
High school graduate	42.9%	43.6%
Some college or associate's	28.0%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	9.3%	3.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.2%	1.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	McKenzie
Drove alone	88.7%	84.5%
Carpooled	7.2%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	McKenzie
1-unit, detached	68.3%	74.7%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	12.8%	9.8%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	12.8%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	McKenzie
Poverty rate	27.3%	27.0%
Average household size	2.54	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	18	28
Median year structure built	1977	1973