Greenback vs Philadelphia

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

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

Greenback has the higher population (1,631 vs 722 in Philadelphia). Greenback has the higher median household income ($83,750 vs $68,618 in Philadelphia). Greenback has the higher median home value ($262,700 vs $118,800 in Philadelphia).

Population, income & housing

	Greenback	Philadelphia
Population	1,631	722
Median age	29.8 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$83,750	$68,618
Median home value	$262,700	$118,800
Median gross rent	$1,159	$882
Housing units	599	302
Homeownership rate	80.0%	74.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.5%	15.0%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	18.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenback	Philadelphia
Population	1,276 → 1,631 (+27.8%)	882 → 722 (-18.1%)
Median household income	$66,389 → $83,750 (+26.2%)	$61,667 → $68,618 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$221,000 → $262,700 (+18.9%)	$117,900 → $118,800 (+0.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,004 → $1,159 (+15.4%)	$737 → $882 (+19.7%)

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

Philadelphia

Population

882722

Median household income

$61,667$68,618

Median home value

$117,900$118,800

Median gross rent

$737$882

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenback	Philadelphia
Under 5	9.3%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.0%	14.0%
18 to 24	14.4%	20.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	11.5%
35 to 44	4.8%	16.1%
45 to 54	17.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	5.9%	7.6%
75 and over	4.2%	1.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenback	Philadelphia
White (non-Hispanic)	96.2%	83.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	9.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.6%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.6%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenback	Philadelphia
No high school diploma	8.5%	17.7%
High school graduate	45.2%	44.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	22.9%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	8.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	6.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenback	Philadelphia
Drove alone	85.1%	82.5%
Carpooled	4.5%	14.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenback	Philadelphia
1-unit, detached	82.6%	62.3%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	33.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenback	Philadelphia
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.0%
Average household size	3.16	2.80
Mean commute (minutes)	33	22
Median year structure built	1978	1975