Greenville vs Palenville

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

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

Palenville has the higher population (990 vs 692 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($266,300 vs $233,700 in Palenville). Since 2019, Palenville's population has grown faster (-15.7% vs -18.2%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Palenville
Population	692	990
Median age	46.3 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,250	—
Median home value	$266,300	$233,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,002
Housing units	317	607
Homeownership rate	81.0%	69.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	26.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	7.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Palenville
Population	846 → 692 (-18.2%)	1,175 → 990 (-15.7%)
Median household income	$65,938 → $76,250 (+15.6%)	—
Median home value	$169,100 → $266,300 (+57.5%)	$195,100 → $233,700 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$639 → $865 (+35.4%)	$697 → $1,002 (+43.8%)

Greenville

Population

846692

Median household income

$65,938$76,250

Median home value

$169,100$266,300

Median gross rent

$639$865

Palenville

Population

1,175990

Median home value

$195,100$233,700

Median gross rent

$697$1,002

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Palenville
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	35.1%	12.5%
18 to 24	1.4%	4.2%
25 to 34	8.8%	11.5%
35 to 44	3.8%	19.5%
45 to 54	10.1%	11.0%
55 to 64	12.4%	6.9%
65 to 74	13.4%	9.7%
75 and over	14.9%	23.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Palenville
White (non-Hispanic)	98.3%	96.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.7%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Palenville
No high school diploma	6.4%	1.4%
High school graduate	22.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	43.3%	32.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.8%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	16.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Palenville
Drove alone	64.3%	72.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	7.6%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	9.1%
Other means	11.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Palenville
1-unit, detached	42.3%	73.0%
1-unit, attached	27.4%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	25.2%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	9.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	4.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.9%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Palenville
Poverty rate	7.9%	14.5%
Average household size	2.63	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	39	29
Median year structure built	1978	1942