Greenwood vs Schlater

A side-by-side comparison of Greenwood and Schlater: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenwood and Schlater are places in Mississippi. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenwood has the higher population (13,983 vs 231 in Schlater). Schlater has the higher median household income ($65,066 vs $34,659 in Greenwood). Greenwood has the higher median home value ($98,500 vs $28,100 in Schlater).

Population, income & housing

	Greenwood	Schlater
Population	13,983	231
Median age	35.4 yrs	52.7 yrs
Median household income	$34,659	$65,066
Median home value	$98,500	$28,100
Median gross rent	$743	—
Housing units	6,692	122
Homeownership rate	54.1%	96.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	20.9%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenwood	Schlater
Population	14,040 → 13,983 (-0.4%)	215 → 231 (+7.4%)
Median household income	$26,965 → $34,659 (+28.5%)	$19,688 → $65,066 (+230.5%)
Median home value	$87,900 → $98,500 (+12.1%)	$75,000 → $28,100 (-62.5%)
Median gross rent	$572 → $743 (+29.9%)	—

Greenwood

Population

14,04013,983

Median household income

$26,965$34,659

Median home value

$87,900$98,500

Median gross rent

$572$743

Schlater

Population

215231

Median household income

$19,688$65,066

Median home value

$75,000$28,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenwood	Schlater
Under 5	7.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	20.6%	14.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	3.0%
25 to 34	12.8%	6.9%
35 to 44	13.0%	6.5%
45 to 54	10.6%	17.7%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.8%
75 and over	6.4%	26.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenwood	Schlater
White (non-Hispanic)	24.7%	35.5%
Black or African American	70.6%	64.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenwood	Schlater
No high school diploma	16.5%	14.0%
High school graduate	29.2%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	30.9%	36.6%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	18.0%
Graduate or professional degree	11.5%	2.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenwood	Schlater
Drove alone	86.3%	94.7%
Carpooled	6.3%	0.0%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.6%	5.3%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenwood	Schlater
1-unit, detached	72.0%	64.8%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	14.8%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	7.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	34.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenwood	Schlater
Poverty rate	28.0%	19.5%
Average household size	2.63	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	20	27
Median year structure built	1970	1971