Greensburg vs Summersville

A side-by-side comparison of Greensburg and Summersville: population, income, housing, and more.

Greensburg and Summersville are places in Kentucky. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensburg has the higher population (2,218 vs 360 in Summersville). Summersville has the higher median household income ($51,696 vs $37,321 in Greensburg). Greensburg has the higher median home value ($117,700 vs $92,500 in Summersville).

Population, income & housing

	Greensburg	Summersville
Population	2,218	360
Median age	38.9 yrs	24.0 yrs
Median household income	$37,321	$51,696
Median home value	$117,700	$92,500
Median gross rent	$578	—
Housing units	878	137
Homeownership rate	54.7%	66.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	14.7%
Unemployment rate	11.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensburg	Summersville
Population	2,243 → 2,218 (-1.1%)	457 → 360 (-21.2%)
Median household income	$35,804 → $37,321 (+4.2%)	$33,333 → $51,696 (+55.1%)
Median home value	$77,000 → $117,700 (+52.9%)	$68,700 → $92,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$525 → $578 (+10.1%)	$368 → $408 (+10.9%)

Greensburg

Population

2,2432,218

Median household income

$35,804$37,321

Median home value

$77,000$117,700

Median gross rent

$525$578

Summersville

Population

457360

Median household income

$33,333$51,696

Median home value

$68,700$92,500

Median gross rent

$368$408

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensburg	Summersville
Under 5	5.4%	10.3%
5 to 17	20.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	33.3%
25 to 34	12.1%	0.0%
35 to 44	12.7%	2.8%
45 to 54	8.7%	18.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	5.0%
65 to 74	9.4%	5.3%
75 and over	12.0%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensburg	Summersville
White (non-Hispanic)	95.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.5%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensburg	Summersville
No high school diploma	14.9%	36.5%
High school graduate	42.4%	36.5%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	12.2%
Bachelor's degree	5.6%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensburg	Summersville
Drove alone	74.3%	67.2%
Carpooled	19.9%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	2.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.8%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensburg	Summersville
1-unit, detached	78.5%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.3%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	22.6%

Poverty & households

	Greensburg	Summersville
Poverty rate	16.8%	28.6%
Average household size	2.72	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	15
Median year structure built	1972	1970