Ayden vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (88,540 vs 5,035 in Ayden). Greenville has the higher median household income ($50,564 vs $41,711 in Ayden). Greenville has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $161,200 in Ayden).

Population, income & housing

	Ayden	Greenville
Population	5,035	88,540
Median age	42.4 yrs	28.0 yrs
Median household income	$41,711	$50,564
Median home value	$161,200	$213,100
Median gross rent	$774	$983
Housing units	2,734	44,334
Homeownership rate	54.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.8%	39.3%
Unemployment rate	5.8%	9.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ayden	Greenville
Population	5,132 → 5,035 (-1.9%)	91,921 → 88,540 (-3.7%)
Median household income	$38,919 → $41,711 (+7.2%)	$40,875 → $50,564 (+23.7%)
Median home value	$117,400 → $161,200 (+37.3%)	$161,200 → $213,100 (+32.2%)
Median gross rent	$601 → $774 (+28.8%)	$819 → $983 (+20.0%)

Ayden

Population

5,1325,035

Median household income

$38,919$41,711

Median home value

$117,400$161,200

Median gross rent

$601$774

Greenville

Population

91,92188,540

Median household income

$40,875$50,564

Median home value

$161,200$213,100

Median gross rent

$819$983

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ayden	Greenville
Under 5	3.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.6%	12.4%
18 to 24	4.9%	25.4%
25 to 34	9.8%	16.2%
35 to 44	12.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	11.0%	9.3%
55 to 64	10.7%	8.2%
65 to 74	13.5%	6.8%
75 and over	12.1%	4.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ayden	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	52.4%	48.7%
Black or African American	35.0%	40.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	0.0%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	4.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ayden	Greenville
No high school diploma	10.7%	6.2%
High school graduate	31.2%	23.3%
Some college or associate's	37.3%	31.1%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	18.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ayden	Greenville
Drove alone	91.3%	74.8%
Carpooled	2.4%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	1.3%
Walked	0.0%	3.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	4.4%	11.7%
Other means	1.9%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ayden	Greenville
1-unit, detached	68.4%	31.9%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	16.9%
2 to 4 units	16.9%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	30.4%
20 or more units	3.4%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	3.8%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Ayden	Greenville
Poverty rate	21.6%	24.5%
Average household size	2.16	2.11
Mean commute (minutes)	23	18
Median year structure built	1974	1995