Greenville vs Harriston

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

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

Harriston has the higher population (1,252 vs 1,187 in Greenville). Harriston has the higher median household income ($91,625 vs $41,724 in Greenville). Greenville has the higher median home value ($193,800 vs $149,100 in Harriston).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Harriston
Population	1,187	1,252
Median age	34.9 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$41,724	$91,625
Median home value	$193,800	$149,100
Median gross rent	—	$986
Housing units	388	449
Homeownership rate	62.1%	78.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	6.5%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Harriston
Population	1,423 → 1,187 (-16.6%)	1,193 → 1,252 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$70,057 → $41,724 (-40.4%)	$75,104 → $91,625 (+22.0%)
Median home value	$179,700 → $193,800 (+7.8%)	$188,700 → $149,100 (-21.0%)

Greenville

Population

1,4231,187

Median household income

$70,057$41,724

Median home value

$179,700$193,800

Harriston

Population

1,1931,252

Median household income

$75,104$91,625

Median home value

$188,700$149,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Harriston
Under 5	15.2%	8.7%
5 to 17	19.2%	10.8%
18 to 24	1.4%	9.6%
25 to 34	14.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	16.9%	13.9%
45 to 54	13.7%	5.5%
55 to 64	10.1%	20.7%
65 to 74	2.6%	10.4%
75 and over	6.3%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Harriston
White (non-Hispanic)	89.0%	71.5%
Black or African American	10.0%	9.3%
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%	3.9%
Two or more races	0.4%	11.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Harriston
No high school diploma	12.9%	10.0%
High school graduate	49.0%	57.5%
Some college or associate's	23.3%	25.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.8%	6.5%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Harriston
Drove alone	100.0%	73.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	12.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Harriston
1-unit, detached	88.7%	56.6%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	43.4%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Harriston
Poverty rate	1.8%	6.9%
Average household size	2.75	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	27	36
Median year structure built	1938	1986