Greenbrier vs Ridgetop

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

Greenbrier and Ridgetop 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 2,198 in Ridgetop). Greenbrier has the higher median household income ($82,308 vs $68,884 in Ridgetop). Greenbrier has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $301,300 in Ridgetop).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
Population	6,960	2,198
Median age	37.2 yrs	41.1 yrs
Median household income	$82,308	$68,884
Median home value	$310,400	$301,300
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,179
Housing units	2,522	936
Homeownership rate	81.8%	82.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	25.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
Population	6,818 → 6,960 (+2.1%)	2,230 → 2,198 (-1.4%)
Median household income	$58,446 → $82,308 (+40.8%)	$67,463 → $68,884 (+2.1%)
Median home value	$178,900 → $310,400 (+73.5%)	$209,400 → $301,300 (+43.9%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,253 (+30.4%)	$1,150 → $1,179 (+2.5%)

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

Ridgetop

Population

2,2302,198

Median household income

$67,463$68,884

Median home value

$209,400$301,300

Median gross rent

$1,150$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
Under 5	8.1%	7.2%
5 to 17	19.1%	17.6%
18 to 24	5.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	14.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	16.7%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	14.0%	17.3%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.0%
75 and over	4.6%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	90.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.6%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	4.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
No high school diploma	5.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	38.7%	31.3%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	32.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	15.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
Drove alone	79.2%	75.1%
Carpooled	6.4%	5.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	17.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
1-unit, detached	85.1%	91.1%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	0.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	2.2%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	1.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenbrier	Ridgetop
Poverty rate	5.3%	4.9%
Average household size	2.94	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	31	29
Median year structure built	1997	1979