Greenville vs Holden

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

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

Greenville has the higher population (574 vs 561 in Holden). Holden has the higher median home value ($93,200 vs $75,400 in Greenville). Since 2019, Greenville's population has grown faster (+88.2% vs -19.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Greenville	Holden
Population	574	561
Median age	30.5 yrs	49.5 yrs
Median household income	—	$79,960
Median home value	$75,400	$93,200
Housing units	229	261
Homeownership rate	38.2%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.1%	21.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greenville	Holden
Population	305 → 574 (+88.2%)	693 → 561 (-19.0%)
Median household income	—	$54,881 → $79,960 (+45.7%)
Median home value	—	$67,000 → $93,200 (+39.1%)

Greenville

Population

305574

Holden

Population

693561

Median household income

$54,881$79,960

Median home value

$67,000$93,200

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greenville	Holden
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	35.7%	13.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	2.5%
25 to 34	16.9%	3.0%
35 to 44	12.2%	17.3%
45 to 54	12.9%	34.2%
55 to 64	15.5%	26.7%
65 to 74	6.8%	0.0%
75 and over	0.0%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greenville	Holden
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	97.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
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	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greenville	Holden
No high school diploma	23.3%	16.7%
High school graduate	53.7%	40.9%
Some college or associate's	19.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	0.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greenville	Holden
Drove alone	66.5%	85.8%
Carpooled	33.5%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	9.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greenville	Holden
1-unit, detached	70.3%	83.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.7%	16.1%

Poverty & households

	Greenville	Holden
Poverty rate	0.0%	5.7%
Average household size	3.32	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1981	1965