Greenville vs Greer

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (71,755 vs 39,191 in Greer). Greer has the higher median household income ($80,030 vs $68,460 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($453,300 vs $264,300 in Greer).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Greer
Population	71,755	39,191
Median age	34.8 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$68,460	$80,030
Median home value	$453,300	$264,300
Median gross rent	$1,248	$1,144
Housing units	38,545	16,521
Homeownership rate	41.2%	72.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.0%	40.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Greer
Population	67,737 → 71,755 (+5.9%)	30,854 → 39,191 (+27.0%)
Median household income	$56,609 → $68,460 (+20.9%)	$61,744 → $80,030 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$292,400 → $453,300 (+55.0%)	$173,100 → $264,300 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$984 → $1,248 (+26.8%)	$917 → $1,144 (+24.8%)

Greenville

Population

67,73771,755

Median household income

$56,609$68,460

Median home value

$292,400$453,300

Median gross rent

$984$1,248

Greer

Population

30,85439,191

Median household income

$61,744$80,030

Median home value

$173,100$264,300

Median gross rent

$917$1,144

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Greer
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	11.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	12.9%	5.5%
25 to 34	20.8%	16.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	13.9%
45 to 54	10.9%	14.4%
55 to 64	10.9%	9.2%
65 to 74	8.7%	8.1%
75 and over	6.4%	5.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Greer
White (non-Hispanic)	66.6%	59.0%
Black or African American	20.5%	16.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.0%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.7%	2.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	15.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Greer
No high school diploma	7.3%	8.2%
High school graduate	16.7%	23.7%
Some college or associate's	21.0%	27.3%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	25.1%
Graduate or professional degree	22.2%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Greer
Drove alone	74.4%	77.1%
Carpooled	5.5%	7.6%
Public transit	0.7%	0.0%
Walked	3.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	13.2%
Other means	2.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Greer
1-unit, detached	43.2%	70.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	9.6%	4.8%
5 to 19 units	17.9%	5.6%
20 or more units	23.6%	5.6%
Mobile home & other	0.7%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Greer
Poverty rate	14.1%	9.9%
Average household size	1.94	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	20	24
Median year structure built	1987	2002