Craigsville vs Greenville

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (1,187 vs 1,052 in Craigsville). Greenville has the higher median household income ($41,724 vs $40,080 in Craigsville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $142,400 in Craigsville).

Population, income & housing

	Craigsville	Greenville
Population	1,052	1,187
Median age	36.8 yrs	34.9 yrs
Median household income	$40,080	$41,724
Median home value	$142,400	$193,800
Median gross rent	$766	—
Housing units	578	388
Homeownership rate	46.6%	62.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	9.2%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Craigsville	Greenville
Population	687 → 1,052 (+53.1%)	1,423 → 1,187 (-16.6%)
Median household income	$33,380 → $40,080 (+20.1%)	$70,057 → $41,724 (-40.4%)
Median home value	$147,000 → $142,400 (-3.1%)	$179,700 → $193,800 (+7.8%)
Median gross rent	$532 → $766 (+44.0%)	—

Craigsville

Population

6871,052

Median household income

$33,380$40,080

Median home value

$147,000$142,400

Median gross rent

$532$766

Greenville

Population

1,4231,187

Median household income

$70,057$41,724

Median home value

$179,700$193,800

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Craigsville	Greenville
Under 5	9.0%	15.2%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.2%
18 to 24	11.2%	1.4%
25 to 34	7.0%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.7%	16.9%
45 to 54	5.0%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.0%	10.1%
65 to 74	15.9%	2.6%
75 and over	7.7%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Craigsville	Greenville
White (non-Hispanic)	97.1%	89.0%
Black or African American	0.1%	10.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Craigsville	Greenville
No high school diploma	24.2%	12.9%
High school graduate	50.2%	49.0%
Some college or associate's	17.8%	23.3%
Bachelor's degree	3.7%	14.8%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Craigsville	Greenville
Drove alone	92.7%	100.0%
Carpooled	5.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.1%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Craigsville	Greenville
1-unit, detached	49.1%	88.7%
1-unit, attached	2.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.7%	8.8%
5 to 19 units	34.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	12.5%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Craigsville	Greenville
Poverty rate	31.4%	1.8%
Average household size	2.07	2.75
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1968	1938