Greenback vs Lenoir City

A side-by-side comparison of Greenback and Lenoir City: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Lenoir City has the higher population (10,681 vs 1,631 in Greenback). Greenback has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $60,480 in Lenoir City). Greenback has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $214,300 in Lenoir City).

Population, income & housing

	Greenback	Lenoir City
Population	1,631	10,681
Median age	29.8 yrs	38.4 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$60,480
Median home value	$262,700	$214,300
Median gross rent	$1,159	$913
Housing units	599	4,696
Homeownership rate	80.0%	62.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	19.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenback	Lenoir City
Population	1,276 → 1,631 (+27.8%)	9,162 → 10,681 (+16.6%)
Median household income	$66,389 → $83,750 (+26.2%)	$39,867 → $60,480 (+51.7%)
Median home value	$221,000 → $262,700 (+18.9%)	$125,500 → $214,300 (+70.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,159 (+15.4%)	$819 → $913 (+11.5%)

Greenback

Population

1,2761,631

Median household income

$66,389$83,750

Median home value

$221,000$262,700

Median gross rent

$1,004$1,159

Lenoir City

Population

9,16210,681

Median household income

$39,867$60,480

Median home value

$125,500$214,300

Median gross rent

$819$913

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenback	Lenoir City
Under 5	9.3%	7.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	16.3%
18 to 24	14.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.3%
35 to 44	4.8%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.8%	9.8%
55 to 64	11.0%	12.1%
65 to 74	5.9%	13.1%
75 and over	4.2%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenback	Lenoir City
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	78.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	1.1%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	17.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenback	Lenoir City
No high school diploma	8.5%	10.6%
High school graduate	45.2%	36.8%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	32.7%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	11.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenback	Lenoir City
Drove alone	85.1%	81.1%
Carpooled	4.5%	9.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	9.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenback	Lenoir City
1-unit, detached	82.6%	71.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	3.7%

Poverty & households

	Greenback	Lenoir City
Poverty rate	12.3%	20.1%
Average household size	3.16	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	33	21
Median year structure built	1978	1980