Greenville vs Valley Falls

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

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

Valley Falls has the higher population (12,370 vs 8,586 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($94,567 vs $93,653 in Valley Falls). Greenville has the higher median home value ($390,900 vs $347,900 in Valley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Valley Falls
Population	8,586	12,370
Median age	52.4 yrs	42.8 yrs
Median household income	$94,567	$93,653
Median home value	$390,900	$347,900
Median gross rent	$1,110	$1,160
Housing units	3,601	5,078
Homeownership rate	86.5%	68.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.0%	27.6%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Valley Falls
Population	8,695 → 8,586 (-1.3%)	11,882 → 12,370 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$84,701 → $94,567 (+11.6%)	$83,090 → $93,653 (+12.7%)
Median home value	$285,300 → $390,900 (+37.0%)	$239,000 → $347,900 (+45.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,177 → $1,110 (-5.7%)	$876 → $1,160 (+32.4%)

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

Valley Falls

Population

11,88212,370

Median household income

$83,090$93,653

Median home value

$239,000$347,900

Median gross rent

$876$1,160

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Valley Falls
Under 5	3.5%	5.9%
5 to 17	12.6%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	9.7%	10.7%
35 to 44	7.2%	14.6%
45 to 54	13.3%	13.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	16.7%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.5%
75 and over	18.8%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Valley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	79.6%
Black or African American	1.9%	5.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.4%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.4%	6.2%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Valley Falls
No high school diploma	7.4%	15.0%
High school graduate	27.5%	28.0%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	29.3%
Bachelor's degree	24.0%	22.2%
Graduate or professional degree	13.9%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Valley Falls
Drove alone	84.1%	78.2%
Carpooled	3.2%	12.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	0.9%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	6.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Valley Falls
1-unit, detached	71.4%	65.8%
1-unit, attached	5.5%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	22.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	1.4%
20 or more units	7.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Valley Falls
Poverty rate	4.2%	4.9%
Average household size	2.29	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1975	1964