Greenville vs Newport

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (3,100 vs 1,209 in Newport). Greenville has the higher median household income ($139,541 vs $59,833 in Newport). Greenville has the higher median home value ($1,003,100 vs $230,900 in Newport).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Newport
Population	3,100	1,209
Median age	48.7 yrs	27.8 yrs
Median household income	$139,541	$59,833
Median home value	$1,003,100	$230,900
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,143
Housing units	1,631	416
Homeownership rate	51.9%	42.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	12.3%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Newport
Population	2,467 → 3,100 (+25.7%)	1,182 → 1,209 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$114,022 → $139,541 (+22.4%)	$36,071 → $59,833 (+65.9%)
Median home value	$692,000 → $1,003,100 (+45.0%)	$210,800 → $230,900 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,584 (+16.0%)	$1,017 → $1,143 (+12.4%)

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

Newport

Population

1,1821,209

Median household income

$36,071$59,833

Median home value

$210,800$230,900

Median gross rent

$1,017$1,143

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Newport
Under 5	4.8%	6.2%
5 to 17	11.2%	20.7%
18 to 24	4.0%	18.4%
25 to 34	17.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	8.1%	11.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	8.9%
55 to 64	16.3%	8.1%
65 to 74	11.2%	6.1%
75 and over	13.4%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Newport
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	43.3%
Black or African American	3.6%	24.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	25.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Newport
No high school diploma	0.5%	22.4%
High school graduate	3.3%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	6.7%
Graduate or professional degree	46.2%	5.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Newport
Drove alone	65.5%	63.2%
Carpooled	4.5%	20.1%
Public transit	7.5%	8.1%
Walked	0.9%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	2.9%
Other means	5.1%	3.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Newport
1-unit, detached	41.1%	46.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	10.8%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	32.7%
20 or more units	17.5%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Newport
Poverty rate	4.7%	10.3%
Average household size	2.05	2.92
Mean commute (minutes)	27	21
Median year structure built	1973	1958