Greenville vs Mercer

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (5,533 vs 1,847 in Mercer). Greenville has the higher median household income ($56,850 vs $44,865 in Mercer). Mercer has the higher median home value ($130,300 vs $98,200 in Greenville).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Mercer
Population	5,533	1,847
Median age	33.0 yrs	39.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,850	$44,865
Median home value	$98,200	$130,300
Median gross rent	$616	$644
Housing units	2,638	932
Homeownership rate	64.0%	54.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.4%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Mercer
Population	5,459 → 5,533 (+1.4%)	1,784 → 1,847 (+3.5%)
Median household income	$45,159 → $56,850 (+25.9%)	$48,015 → $44,865 (-6.6%)
Median home value	$73,700 → $98,200 (+33.2%)	$112,700 → $130,300 (+15.6%)
Median gross rent	$605 → $616 (+1.8%)	$584 → $644 (+10.3%)

Greenville

Population

5,4595,533

Median household income

$45,159$56,850

Median home value

$73,700$98,200

Median gross rent

$605$616

Mercer

Population

1,7841,847

Median household income

$48,015$44,865

Median home value

$112,700$130,300

Median gross rent

$584$644

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Mercer
Under 5	8.6%	9.0%
5 to 17	9.4%	14.4%
18 to 24	23.4%	5.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	13.4%
35 to 44	8.1%	13.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	10.6%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.6%
75 and over	7.3%	8.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Mercer
White (non-Hispanic)	93.6%	96.2%
Black or African American	1.3%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Mercer
No high school diploma	5.8%	13.5%
High school graduate	40.6%	35.9%
Some college or associate's	27.2%	31.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.6%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.8%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Mercer
Drove alone	75.9%	78.0%
Carpooled	6.2%	9.6%
Public transit	0.1%	0.0%
Walked	10.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Mercer
1-unit, detached	73.7%	56.1%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.5%
2 to 4 units	14.4%	16.3%
5 to 19 units	2.7%	10.1%
20 or more units	4.0%	12.8%
Mobile home & other	3.1%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Mercer
Poverty rate	11.6%	15.3%
Average household size	2.13	2.17
Mean commute (minutes)	19	25
Median year structure built	1942	1951