Greenbrier vs Springfield

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

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

Springfield has the higher population (18,985 vs 6,960 in Greenbrier). Greenbrier has the higher median household income ($82,308 vs $58,741 in Springfield). Greenbrier has the higher median home value ($310,400 vs $235,200 in Springfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenbrier	Springfield
Population	6,960	18,985
Median age	37.2 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$82,308	$58,741
Median home value	$310,400	$235,200
Median gross rent	$1,253	$1,107
Housing units	2,522	7,344
Homeownership rate	81.8%	56.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.6%	17.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenbrier	Springfield
Population	6,818 → 6,960 (+2.1%)	17,092 → 18,985 (+11.1%)
Median household income	$58,446 → $82,308 (+40.8%)	$46,897 → $58,741 (+25.3%)
Median home value	$178,900 → $310,400 (+73.5%)	$154,800 → $235,200 (+51.9%)
Median gross rent	$961 → $1,253 (+30.4%)	$835 → $1,107 (+32.6%)

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

Springfield

Population

17,09218,985

Median household income

$46,897$58,741

Median home value

$154,800$235,200

Median gross rent

$835$1,107

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenbrier	Springfield
Under 5	8.1%	8.3%
5 to 17	19.1%	18.1%
18 to 24	5.7%	7.9%
25 to 34	14.1%	16.0%
35 to 44	16.4%	15.4%
45 to 54	12.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	14.0%	11.4%
65 to 74	6.0%	7.2%
75 and over	4.6%	4.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenbrier	Springfield
White (non-Hispanic)	93.8%	48.6%
Black or African American	0.6%	20.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	1.2%
Two or more races	1.6%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	2.5%	24.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenbrier	Springfield
No high school diploma	5.6%	16.3%
High school graduate	38.7%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	35.1%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	16.8%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	3.7%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenbrier	Springfield
Drove alone	79.2%	83.4%
Carpooled	6.4%	9.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.0%	5.0%
Other means	0.0%	2.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenbrier	Springfield
1-unit, detached	85.1%	72.4%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	0.6%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	9.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Greenbrier	Springfield
Poverty rate	5.3%	20.8%
Average household size	2.94	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	31	28
Median year structure built	1997	1985