Greenfield vs Palmersville

A side-by-side comparison of Greenfield and Palmersville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Greenfield has the higher population (2,085 vs 136 in Palmersville). Palmersville has the higher median household income ($44,097 vs $41,798 in Greenfield). Palmersville has the higher median home value ($103,100 vs $88,400 in Greenfield).

Population, income & housing

	Greenfield	Palmersville
Population	2,085	136
Median age	41.5 yrs	31.4 yrs
Median household income	$41,798	$44,097
Median home value	$88,400	$103,100
Median gross rent	$718	—
Housing units	990	64
Homeownership rate	74.6%	67.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.7%	15.8%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenfield	Palmersville
Population	2,336 → 2,085 (-10.7%)	107 → 136 (+27.1%)
Median household income	$33,697 → $41,798 (+24.0%)	$39,766 → $44,097 (+10.9%)
Median home value	$73,100 → $88,400 (+20.9%)	$65,000 → $103,100 (+58.6%)
Median gross rent	$618 → $718 (+16.2%)	—

Greenfield

Population

2,3362,085

Median household income

$33,697$41,798

Median home value

$73,100$88,400

Median gross rent

$618$718

Palmersville

Population

107136

Median household income

$39,766$44,097

Median home value

$65,000$103,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenfield	Palmersville
Under 5	5.8%	22.1%
5 to 17	17.6%	22.1%
18 to 24	10.7%	0.0%
25 to 34	9.6%	13.2%
35 to 44	13.9%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.8%	0.0%
55 to 64	9.2%	8.8%
65 to 74	12.5%	4.4%
75 and over	7.9%	16.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenfield	Palmersville
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenfield	Palmersville
No high school diploma	11.9%	15.8%
High school graduate	46.8%	32.9%
Some college or associate's	21.6%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.9%	5.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenfield	Palmersville
Drove alone	85.7%	80.9%
Carpooled	6.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.8%	0.0%
Other means	3.3%	19.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenfield	Palmersville
1-unit, detached	93.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.9%	18.8%

Poverty & households

	Greenfield	Palmersville
Poverty rate	17.2%	0.0%
Average household size	2.43	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	—
Median year structure built	1965	1970