Greenville vs Lakeview

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (8,897 vs 1,049 in Lakeview). Greenville has the higher median household income ($55,477 vs $30,865 in Lakeview). Greenville has the higher median home value ($160,600 vs $152,900 in Lakeview).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Lakeview
Population	8,897	1,049
Median age	37.8 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$55,477	$30,865
Median home value	$160,600	$152,900
Median gross rent	$899	$507
Housing units	3,838	419
Homeownership rate	60.1%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.2%	10.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	21.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Lakeview
Population	8,396 → 8,897 (+6.0%)	1,012 → 1,049 (+3.7%)
Median household income	$35,536 → $55,477 (+56.1%)	$31,776 → $30,865 (-2.9%)
Median home value	$101,600 → $160,600 (+58.1%)	$85,200 → $152,900 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$668 → $899 (+34.6%)	$471 → $507 (+7.6%)

Greenville

Population

8,3968,897

Median household income

$35,536$55,477

Median home value

$101,600$160,600

Median gross rent

$668$899

Lakeview

Population

1,0121,049

Median household income

$31,776$30,865

Median home value

$85,200$152,900

Median gross rent

$471$507

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Lakeview
Under 5	7.6%	4.4%
5 to 17	13.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.0%	11.7%
25 to 34	14.7%	19.8%
35 to 44	13.6%	6.7%
45 to 54	8.8%	14.1%
55 to 64	10.3%	8.9%
65 to 74	12.9%	11.6%
75 and over	9.3%	6.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Lakeview
White (non-Hispanic)	85.7%	70.4%
Black or African American	0.3%	17.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	8.8%	8.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Lakeview
No high school diploma	13.3%	12.3%
High school graduate	36.9%	53.2%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	24.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.5%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.7%	1.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Lakeview
Drove alone	87.8%	73.7%
Carpooled	5.0%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.5%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.7%	11.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Lakeview
1-unit, detached	55.6%	73.7%
1-unit, attached	5.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.3%	11.7%
5 to 19 units	12.8%	8.6%
20 or more units	9.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	6.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Lakeview
Poverty rate	11.5%	33.1%
Average household size	2.37	2.56
Mean commute (minutes)	22	32
Median year structure built	1966	1957