Greenville vs Metcalfe

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

Greenville and Metcalfe 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 1,141 in Metcalfe). Greenville has the higher median household income ($36,297 vs $33,194 in Metcalfe). Greenville has the higher median home value ($100,800 vs $79,500 in Metcalfe).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Metcalfe
Population	28,833	1,141
Median age	38.4 yrs	22.6 yrs
Median household income	$36,297	$33,194
Median home value	$100,800	$79,500
Median gross rent	$824	$358
Housing units	14,060	479
Homeownership rate	51.0%	56.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.2%	17.2%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	7.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Metcalfe
Population	30,588 → 28,833 (-5.7%)	744 → 1,141 (+53.4%)
Median household income	$27,025 → $36,297 (+34.3%)	$17,358 → $33,194 (+91.2%)
Median home value	$78,300 → $100,800 (+28.7%)	$77,500 → $79,500 (+2.6%)
Median gross rent	$694 → $824 (+18.7%)	$418 → $358 (-14.4%)

Greenville

Population

30,58828,833

Median household income

$27,025$36,297

Median home value

$78,300$100,800

Median gross rent

$694$824

Metcalfe

Population

7441,141

Median household income

$17,358$33,194

Median home value

$77,500$79,500

Median gross rent

$418$358

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Metcalfe
Under 5	6.5%	1.3%
5 to 17	19.0%	22.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	28.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.3%
45 to 54	10.6%	5.6%
55 to 64	14.3%	19.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	7.0%
75 and over	6.0%	3.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Metcalfe
White (non-Hispanic)	15.7%	0.0%
Black or African American	81.8%	98.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Metcalfe
No high school diploma	20.9%	23.4%
High school graduate	33.9%	29.7%
Some college or associate's	25.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.5%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.6%	0.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Metcalfe
Drove alone	85.0%	88.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	1.1%
Public transit	1.1%	2.7%
Walked	2.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.7%	0.0%
Other means	0.7%	7.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Metcalfe
1-unit, detached	74.3%	60.5%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.4%	23.6%
5 to 19 units	6.2%	12.9%
20 or more units	7.0%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Metcalfe
Poverty rate	31.8%	27.8%
Average household size	2.48	2.90
Mean commute (minutes)	18	20
Median year structure built	1970	1973