Cross Plains vs Greenbrier

A side-by-side comparison of Cross Plains and Greenbrier: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenbrier has the higher population (6,960 vs 1,809 in Cross Plains). Greenbrier has the higher median household income ($82,308 vs $72,734 in Cross Plains). Greenbrier has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $295,000 in Cross Plains).

Population, income & housing

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
Population	1,809	6,960
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.2 yrs
Median household income	$72,734	$82,308
Median home value	$295,000	$310,400
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,253
Housing units	703	2,522
Homeownership rate	75.7%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
Population	1,801 → 1,809 (+0.4%)	6,818 → 6,960 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$63,107 → $72,734 (+15.3%)	$58,446 → $82,308 (+40.8%)
Median home value	$201,300 → $295,000 (+46.5%)	$178,900 → $310,400 (+73.5%)
Median gross rent	$858 → $1,073 (+25.1%)	$961 → $1,253 (+30.4%)

Cross Plains

Population

1,8011,809

Median household income

$63,107$72,734

Median home value

$201,300$295,000

Median gross rent

$858$1,073

Greenbrier

Population

6,8186,960

Median household income

$58,446$82,308

Median home value

$178,900$310,400

Median gross rent

$961$1,253

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
Under 5	7.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	14.4%	19.1%
18 to 24	10.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	11.2%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.6%	16.4%
45 to 54	15.4%	12.0%
55 to 64	11.2%	14.0%
65 to 74	11.4%	6.0%
75 and over	4.3%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
White (non-Hispanic)	89.9%	93.8%
Black or African American	3.1%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
No high school diploma	11.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	39.8%	38.7%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	16.8%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	3.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
Drove alone	83.6%	79.2%
Carpooled	8.2%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	14.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
1-unit, detached	71.7%	85.1%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	1.9%
2 to 4 units	4.0%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	23.9%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Cross Plains	Greenbrier
Poverty rate	2.4%	5.3%
Average household size	2.73	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	37	31
Median year structure built	1992	1997