Greenville vs New Castle

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

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

New Castle has the higher population (5,519 vs 3,100 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($139,541 vs $92,565 in New Castle). Greenville has the higher median home value ($1,003,100 vs $262,100 in New Castle).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	New Castle
Population	3,100	5,519
Median age	48.7 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$139,541	$92,565
Median home value	$1,003,100	$262,100
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,675
Housing units	1,631	2,855
Homeownership rate	51.9%	63.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	32.2%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	1.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	New Castle
Population	2,467 → 3,100 (+25.7%)	5,242 → 5,519 (+5.3%)
Median household income	$114,022 → $139,541 (+22.4%)	$68,211 → $92,565 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$692,000 → $1,003,100 (+45.0%)	$194,300 → $262,100 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,584 (+16.0%)	$1,320 → $1,675 (+26.9%)

Greenville

Population

2,4673,100

Median household income

$114,022$139,541

Median home value

$692,000$1,003,100

Median gross rent

$1,365$1,584

New Castle

Population

5,2425,519

Median household income

$68,211$92,565

Median home value

$194,300$262,100

Median gross rent

$1,320$1,675

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	New Castle
Under 5	4.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	11.2%	11.0%
18 to 24	4.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	17.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	12.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	13.0%
55 to 64	16.3%	18.4%
65 to 74	11.2%	12.5%
75 and over	13.4%	9.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	New Castle
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	64.5%
Black or African American	3.6%	27.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	7.2%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	New Castle
No high school diploma	0.5%	5.4%
High school graduate	3.3%	32.5%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	46.2%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	New Castle
Drove alone	65.5%	71.8%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.3%
Public transit	7.5%	2.2%
Walked	0.9%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	16.4%	18.5%
Other means	5.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	New Castle
1-unit, detached	41.1%	39.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	28.5%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	6.8%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	15.4%
20 or more units	17.5%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	New Castle
Poverty rate	4.7%	3.4%
Average household size	2.05	2.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1973	1963