Greenville vs Townsend

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

Greenville and Townsend 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 2,792 in Townsend). Townsend has the higher median household income ($153,083 vs $139,541 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($1,003,100 vs $433,400 in Townsend).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Townsend
Population	3,100	2,792
Median age	48.7 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$139,541	$153,083
Median home value	$1,003,100	$433,400
Median gross rent	$1,584	$1,208
Housing units	1,631	797
Homeownership rate	51.9%	93.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Townsend
Population	2,467 → 3,100 (+25.7%)	2,434 → 2,792 (+14.7%)
Median household income	$114,022 → $139,541 (+22.4%)	$119,417 → $153,083 (+28.2%)
Median home value	$692,000 → $1,003,100 (+45.0%)	$331,500 → $433,400 (+30.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,365 → $1,584 (+16.0%)	$1,591 → $1,208 (-24.1%)

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

Townsend

Population

2,4342,792

Median household income

$119,417$153,083

Median home value

$331,500$433,400

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,208

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Townsend
Under 5	4.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	11.2%	25.1%
18 to 24	4.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.8%	12.0%
35 to 44	8.1%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	24.6%
55 to 64	16.3%	7.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	3.4%
75 and over	13.4%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Townsend
White (non-Hispanic)	71.5%	38.0%
Black or African American	3.6%	43.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	16.5%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.2%	11.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Townsend
No high school diploma	0.5%	2.3%
High school graduate	3.3%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	13.5%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	36.5%	23.9%
Graduate or professional degree	46.2%	18.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Townsend
Drove alone	65.5%	57.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	6.5%
Public transit	7.5%	1.1%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.4%	28.0%
Other means	5.1%	7.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Townsend
1-unit, detached	41.1%	96.6%
1-unit, attached	8.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	25.4%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Townsend
Poverty rate	4.7%	1.9%
Average household size	2.05	3.61
Mean commute (minutes)	27	33
Median year structure built	1973	2006