Greenville vs Wolfe City

A side-by-side comparison of Greenville and Wolfe City: population, income, housing, and more.

Greenville and Wolfe City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greenville has the higher population (29,936 vs 1,201 in Wolfe City). Greenville has the higher median household income ($63,574 vs $62,188 in Wolfe City). Greenville has the higher median home value ($197,400 vs $131,400 in Wolfe City).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Wolfe City
Population	29,936	1,201
Median age	35.1 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$63,574	$62,188
Median home value	$197,400	$131,400
Median gross rent	$1,274	$1,083
Housing units	12,410	521
Homeownership rate	52.0%	75.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.4%	13.3%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	6.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Wolfe City
Population	27,442 → 29,936 (+9.1%)	1,334 → 1,201 (-10.0%)
Median household income	$44,622 → $63,574 (+42.5%)	$50,333 → $62,188 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$104,400 → $197,400 (+89.1%)	$77,900 → $131,400 (+68.7%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $1,274 (+41.6%)	$693 → $1,083 (+56.3%)

Greenville

Population

27,44229,936

Median household income

$44,622$63,574

Median home value

$104,400$197,400

Median gross rent

$900$1,274

Wolfe City

Population

1,3341,201

Median household income

$50,333$62,188

Median home value

$77,900$131,400

Median gross rent

$693$1,083

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Wolfe City
Under 5	6.3%	4.6%
5 to 17	19.4%	27.1%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.7%
25 to 34	16.5%	6.4%
35 to 44	12.3%	19.4%
45 to 54	10.4%	7.1%
55 to 64	10.2%	13.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	9.2%
75 and over	8.0%	5.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Wolfe City
White (non-Hispanic)	56.0%	74.0%
Black or African American	15.0%	6.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	1.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	23.9%	15.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Wolfe City
No high school diploma	13.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	36.1%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	37.3%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	9.2%
Graduate or professional degree	8.0%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Wolfe City
Drove alone	81.7%	81.0%
Carpooled	8.6%	7.0%
Public transit	0.1%	0.6%
Walked	1.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.5%	7.8%
Other means	1.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Wolfe City
1-unit, detached	69.4%	87.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	5.4%
5 to 19 units	13.3%	4.4%
20 or more units	6.8%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	1.2%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Wolfe City
Poverty rate	13.2%	18.4%
Average household size	2.58	2.66
Mean commute (minutes)	26	37
Median year structure built	1978	1969