Greenville vs Grifton

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

Greenville and Grifton 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 2,661 in Grifton). Greenville has the higher median household income ($50,564 vs $36,664 in Grifton). Greenville has the higher median home value ($213,100 vs $122,100 in Grifton).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Grifton
Population	88,540	2,661
Median age	28.0 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,564	$36,664
Median home value	$213,100	$122,100
Median gross rent	$983	—
Housing units	44,334	1,356
Homeownership rate	32.6%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.3%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	9.0%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Grifton
Population	91,921 → 88,540 (-3.7%)	2,732 → 2,661 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$40,875 → $50,564 (+23.7%)	$31,505 → $36,664 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$161,200 → $213,100 (+32.2%)	$83,800 → $122,100 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$819 → $983 (+20.0%)	$607 → $650 (+7.1%)

Greenville

Population

91,92188,540

Median household income

$40,875$50,564

Median home value

$161,200$213,100

Median gross rent

$819$983

Grifton

Population

2,7322,661

Median household income

$31,505$36,664

Median home value

$83,800$122,100

Median gross rent

$607$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Grifton
Under 5	6.4%	4.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	25.4%	17.6%
25 to 34	16.2%	8.3%
35 to 44	11.1%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	8.2%	9.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	5.3%
75 and over	4.1%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Grifton
White (non-Hispanic)	48.7%	36.4%
Black or African American	40.3%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	2.6%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Grifton
No high school diploma	6.2%	13.2%
High school graduate	23.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	31.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.2%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	18.1%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Grifton
Drove alone	74.8%	82.3%
Carpooled	8.3%	15.0%
Public transit	1.3%	0.0%
Walked	3.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.7%	1.3%
Other means	0.9%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Grifton
1-unit, detached	31.9%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	16.9%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	30.4%	10.3%
20 or more units	11.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Grifton
Poverty rate	24.5%	31.3%
Average household size	2.11	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1995	1973