Greenville vs Harrisville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (8,586 vs 1,816 in Harrisville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($94,567 vs $66,016 in Harrisville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($390,900 vs $348,700 in Harrisville).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Harrisville
Population	8,586	1,816
Median age	52.4 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$94,567	$66,016
Median home value	$390,900	$348,700
Median gross rent	$1,110	$825
Housing units	3,601	915
Homeownership rate	86.5%	67.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Harrisville
Population	8,695 → 8,586 (-1.3%)	1,460 → 1,816 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$84,701 → $94,567 (+11.6%)	$29,663 → $66,016 (+122.6%)
Median home value	$285,300 → $390,900 (+37.0%)	$180,300 → $348,700 (+93.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,110 (-5.7%)	$763 → $825 (+8.1%)

Greenville

Population

8,6958,586

Median household income

$84,701$94,567

Median home value

$285,300$390,900

Median gross rent

$1,177$1,110

Harrisville

Population

1,4601,816

Median household income

$29,663$66,016

Median home value

$180,300$348,700

Median gross rent

$763$825

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Harrisville
Under 5	3.5%	4.0%
5 to 17	12.6%	16.0%
18 to 24	7.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	7.2%	9.0%
45 to 54	13.3%	11.8%
55 to 64	14.8%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.3%	22.2%
75 and over	18.8%	13.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Harrisville
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.9%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.9%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	1.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Harrisville
No high school diploma	7.4%	2.2%
High school graduate	27.5%	50.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Harrisville
Drove alone	84.1%	85.4%
Carpooled	3.2%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.3%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Harrisville
1-unit, detached	71.4%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	17.4%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	18.3%
20 or more units	7.5%	9.1%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Harrisville
Poverty rate	4.2%	10.2%
Average household size	2.29	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	26	41
Median year structure built	1975	1970