Central City vs Greenville

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

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

Central City has the higher population (5,736 vs 4,435 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $49,025 in Central City). Central City has the higher median home value ($140,700 vs $118,500 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Central City	Greenville
Population	5,736	4,435
Median age	36.0 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$49,025	$70,401
Median home value	$140,700	$118,500
Median gross rent	$755	$666
Housing units	2,186	2,062
Homeownership rate	66.1%	70.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.6%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Central City	Greenville
Population	5,808 → 5,736 (-1.2%)	4,281 → 4,435 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$42,400 → $49,025 (+15.6%)	$31,454 → $70,401 (+123.8%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $140,700 (+8.5%)	$126,000 → $118,500 (-6.0%)
Median gross rent	$629 → $755 (+20.0%)	$514 → $666 (+29.6%)

Central City

Population

5,8085,736

Median household income

$42,400$49,025

Median home value

$129,700$140,700

Median gross rent

$629$755

Greenville

Population

4,2814,435

Median household income

$31,454$70,401

Median home value

$126,000$118,500

Median gross rent

$514$666

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Central City	Greenville
Under 5	8.9%	3.0%
5 to 17	16.8%	18.7%
18 to 24	8.9%	3.4%
25 to 34	12.8%	13.4%
35 to 44	16.8%	15.6%
45 to 54	11.5%	13.3%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.6%
65 to 74	8.5%	9.9%
75 and over	5.1%	10.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Central City	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	80.7%
Black or African American	4.1%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.7%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	5.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.1%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Central City	Greenville
No high school diploma	17.7%	11.0%
High school graduate	35.1%	31.7%
Some college or associate's	37.6%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	3.9%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Central City	Greenville
Drove alone	93.0%	95.7%
Carpooled	2.9%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Central City	Greenville
1-unit, detached	71.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	10.7%
20 or more units	1.7%	3.0%
Mobile home & other	14.3%	0.7%

Poverty & households

	Central City	Greenville
Poverty rate	24.7%	15.7%
Average household size	2.70	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1974	1970