Greenville vs Leland

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (28,833 vs 3,864 in Leland). Leland has the higher median household income ($39,767 vs $36,297 in Greenville). Leland has the higher median home value ($111,100 vs $100,800 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Leland
Population	28,833	3,864
Median age	38.4 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,297	$39,767
Median home value	$100,800	$111,100
Median gross rent	$824	$702
Housing units	14,060	1,982
Homeownership rate	51.0%	61.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Leland
Population	30,588 → 28,833 (-5.7%)	3,965 → 3,864 (-2.5%)
Median household income	$27,025 → $36,297 (+34.3%)	$34,932 → $39,767 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $100,800 (+28.7%)	$75,000 → $111,100 (+48.1%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)	$643 → $702 (+9.2%)

Greenville

Population

30,58828,833

Median household income

$27,025$36,297

Median home value

$78,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$694$824

Leland

Population

3,9653,864

Median household income

$34,932$39,767

Median home value

$75,000$111,100

Median gross rent

$643$702

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Leland
Under 5	6.5%	7.7%
5 to 17	19.0%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	12.5%	18.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.4%
45 to 54	10.6%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.3%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.4%
75 and over	6.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Leland
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	24.4%
Black or African American	81.8%	72.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Leland
No high school diploma	20.9%	15.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Leland
Drove alone	85.0%	81.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.0%
Public transit	1.1%	0.2%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	6.0%
Other means	0.7%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Leland
1-unit, detached	74.3%	82.0%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	6.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	6.4%
20 or more units	7.0%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Leland
Poverty rate	31.8%	27.5%
Average household size	2.48	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1970	1969