Arcanum vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (12,748 vs 2,850 in Arcanum). Arcanum has the higher median household income ($52,380 vs $46,664 in Greenville). Arcanum has the higher median home value ($147,300 vs $147,200 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Arcanum	Greenville
Population	2,850	12,748
Median age	36.6 yrs	41.3 yrs
Median household income	$52,380	$46,664
Median home value	$147,300	$147,200
Median gross rent	$817	$710
Housing units	1,214	6,244
Homeownership rate	69.4%	52.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.1%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arcanum	Greenville
Population	2,195 → 2,850 (+29.8%)	12,766 → 12,748 (-0.1%)
Median household income	$56,750 → $52,380 (-7.7%)	$41,647 → $46,664 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$129,700 → $147,300 (+13.6%)	$98,800 → $147,200 (+49.0%)
Median gross rent	$701 → $817 (+16.5%)	$619 → $710 (+14.7%)

Arcanum

Population

2,1952,850

Median household income

$56,750$52,380

Median home value

$129,700$147,300

Median gross rent

$701$817

Greenville

Population

12,76612,748

Median household income

$41,647$46,664

Median home value

$98,800$147,200

Median gross rent

$619$710

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arcanum	Greenville
Under 5	6.0%	4.6%
5 to 17	17.5%	17.1%
18 to 24	8.9%	8.5%
25 to 34	15.9%	12.0%
35 to 44	11.1%	10.8%
45 to 54	11.6%	9.0%
55 to 64	11.7%	13.9%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.1%
75 and over	7.2%	14.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arcanum	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	93.5%	95.4%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	2.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	1.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arcanum	Greenville
No high school diploma	10.5%	10.7%
High school graduate	35.5%	42.1%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	9.4%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	12.7%	4.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arcanum	Greenville
Drove alone	88.6%	79.0%
Carpooled	4.8%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.0%	4.2%
Other means	0.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arcanum	Greenville
1-unit, detached	80.8%	65.0%
1-unit, attached	4.1%	3.5%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.8%

Poverty & households

	Arcanum	Greenville
Poverty rate	10.0%	14.3%
Average household size	2.39	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	30	18
Median year structure built	1969	1957