Greeneville vs Tusculum

A side-by-side comparison of Greeneville and Tusculum: population, income, housing, and more.

Greeneville and Tusculum are places in Tennessee. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greeneville has the higher population (15,531 vs 3,304 in Tusculum). Tusculum has the higher median household income ($71,458 vs $51,516 in Greeneville). Tusculum has the higher median home value ($247,800 vs $210,700 in Greeneville).

Population, income & housing

	Greeneville	Tusculum
Population	15,531	3,304
Median age	40.1 yrs	32.6 yrs
Median household income	$51,516	$71,458
Median home value	$210,700	$247,800
Median gross rent	$680	$832
Housing units	6,969	1,107
Homeownership rate	61.4%	87.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.0%	40.3%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greeneville	Tusculum
Population	14,942 → 15,531 (+3.9%)	2,726 → 3,304 (+21.2%)
Median household income	$37,121 → $51,516 (+38.8%)	$61,250 → $71,458 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$129,000 → $210,700 (+63.3%)	$206,800 → $247,800 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$587 → $680 (+15.8%)	$831 → $832 (+0.1%)

Greeneville

Population

14,94215,531

Median household income

$37,121$51,516

Median home value

$129,000$210,700

Median gross rent

$587$680

Tusculum

Population

2,7263,304

Median household income

$61,250$71,458

Median home value

$206,800$247,800

Median gross rent

$831$832

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greeneville	Tusculum
Under 5	4.5%	3.4%
5 to 17	17.2%	9.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	29.8%
25 to 34	14.1%	8.4%
35 to 44	12.1%	7.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	8.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	11.5%	9.8%
75 and over	7.1%	11.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greeneville	Tusculum
White (non-Hispanic)	84.1%	81.7%
Black or African American	2.5%	7.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.5%
Asian	0.5%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.6%	6.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greeneville	Tusculum
No high school diploma	9.9%	5.3%
High school graduate	39.0%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	29.7%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	22.3%
Graduate or professional degree	9.2%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greeneville	Tusculum
Drove alone	83.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	7.3%	6.7%
Public transit	0.2%	0.9%
Walked	1.4%	10.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	3.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greeneville	Tusculum
1-unit, detached	64.7%	93.9%
1-unit, attached	3.4%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	7.3%	1.4%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.8%	2.1%

Poverty & households

	Greeneville	Tusculum
Poverty rate	16.7%	3.9%
Average household size	2.46	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	18	19
Median year structure built	1973	1980