Greenville vs Peterborough

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

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

Peterborough has the higher population (2,343 vs 1,102 in Greenville). Peterborough has the higher median household income ($81,836 vs $58,095 in Greenville). Peterborough has the higher median home value ($323,700 vs $271,300 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Peterborough
Population	1,102	2,343
Median age	34.4 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$58,095	$81,836
Median home value	$271,300	$323,700
Median gross rent	$1,199	$1,310
Housing units	398	1,580
Homeownership rate	39.5%	56.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.7%	53.9%
Unemployment rate	7.3%	2.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Peterborough
Population	992 → 1,102 (+11.1%)	2,971 → 2,343 (-21.1%)
Median household income	$62,656 → $58,095 (-7.3%)	$60,324 → $81,836 (+35.7%)
Median home value	$175,000 → $271,300 (+55.0%)	$224,700 → $323,700 (+44.1%)
Median gross rent	$992 → $1,199 (+20.9%)	$870 → $1,310 (+50.6%)

Greenville

Population

9921,102

Median household income

$62,656$58,095

Median home value

$175,000$271,300

Median gross rent

$992$1,199

Peterborough

Population

2,9712,343

Median household income

$60,324$81,836

Median home value

$224,700$323,700

Median gross rent

$870$1,310

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Peterborough
Under 5	12.9%	0.4%
5 to 17	10.0%	7.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	2.4%
25 to 34	16.7%	10.1%
35 to 44	3.4%	12.2%
45 to 54	15.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	17.2%
65 to 74	9.4%	15.7%
75 and over	5.2%	20.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Peterborough
White (non-Hispanic)	92.3%	92.4%
Black or African American	5.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.5%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Peterborough
No high school diploma	19.0%	4.5%
High school graduate	33.1%	15.4%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	11.8%	29.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	24.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Peterborough
Drove alone	81.4%	80.2%
Carpooled	8.7%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.0%	2.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	15.2%
Other means	1.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Peterborough
1-unit, detached	37.9%	47.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	42.2%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	1.5%	17.0%
20 or more units	14.8%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	3.5%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Peterborough
Poverty rate	16.8%	8.1%
Average household size	2.88	1.70
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1938	1956