Greenville vs Powderly

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (4,435 vs 999 in Powderly). Greenville has the higher median household income ($70,401 vs $49,653 in Powderly). Greenville has the higher median home value ($118,500 vs $99,400 in Powderly).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Powderly
Population	4,435	999
Median age	42.8 yrs	38.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,401	$49,653
Median home value	$118,500	$99,400
Median gross rent	$666	$764
Housing units	2,062	474
Homeownership rate	70.1%	83.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	14.6%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	1.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Powderly
Population	4,281 → 4,435 (+3.6%)	873 → 999 (+14.4%)
Median household income	$31,454 → $70,401 (+123.8%)	$38,355 → $49,653 (+29.5%)
Median home value	$126,000 → $118,500 (-6.0%)	$85,100 → $99,400 (+16.8%)
Median gross rent	$514 → $666 (+29.6%)	$664 → $764 (+15.1%)

Greenville

Population

4,2814,435

Median household income

$31,454$70,401

Median home value

$126,000$118,500

Median gross rent

$514$666

Powderly

Population

873999

Median household income

$38,355$49,653

Median home value

$85,100$99,400

Median gross rent

$664$764

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Powderly
Under 5	3.0%	4.7%
5 to 17	18.7%	27.8%
18 to 24	3.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	13.4%	6.9%
35 to 44	15.6%	14.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	10.6%
55 to 64	11.6%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.5%
75 and over	10.9%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Powderly
White (non-Hispanic)	80.7%	86.8%
Black or African American	5.2%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.9%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Powderly
No high school diploma	11.0%	18.0%
High school graduate	31.7%	48.4%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	18.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	3.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.2%	11.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Powderly
Drove alone	95.7%	71.1%
Carpooled	3.5%	10.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.1%	6.6%
Other means	0.5%	11.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Powderly
1-unit, detached	77.4%	70.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	8.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	10.7%	3.2%
20 or more units	3.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	25.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Powderly
Poverty rate	15.7%	15.2%
Average household size	2.18	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	24	17
Median year structure built	1970	1975