Greensville County vs Lancaster County

A side-by-side comparison of Greensville County and Lancaster County: population, income, housing, and more.

Greensville County and Lancaster County are counties in Virginia. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensville County has the higher population (11,304 vs 10,876 in Lancaster County). Lancaster County has the higher median household income ($67,169 vs $56,759 in Greensville County). Lancaster County has the higher median home value ($307,600 vs $159,200 in Greensville County).

Population, income & housing

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
Population	11,304	10,876
Median age	39.9 yrs	59.1 yrs
Median household income	$56,759	$67,169
Median home value	$159,200	$307,600
Median gross rent	$960	$978
Housing units	4,012	7,483
Homeownership rate	69.0%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	10.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
Population	11,525 → 11,304 (-1.9%)	10,724 → 10,876 (+1.4%)
Median household income	$50,300 → $56,759 (+12.8%)	$53,711 → $67,169 (+25.1%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $159,200 (+35.3%)	$257,200 → $307,600 (+19.6%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $960 (+12.4%)	$763 → $978 (+28.2%)

Greensville County

Population

11,52511,304

Median household income

$50,300$56,759

Median home value

$117,700$159,200

Median gross rent

$854$960

Lancaster County

Population

10,72410,876

Median household income

$53,711$67,169

Median home value

$257,200$307,600

Median gross rent

$763$978

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
Under 5	3.9%	3.1%
5 to 17	12.4%	11.6%
18 to 24	8.0%	4.7%
25 to 34	17.0%	7.5%
35 to 44	14.8%	6.3%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.9%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.3%	21.7%
75 and over	5.9%	18.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	67.3%
Black or African American	52.7%	27.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.5%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
No high school diploma	20.9%	13.0%
High school graduate	40.8%	27.4%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	15.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
Drove alone	78.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	0.7%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	3.0%	13.8%
Other means	4.1%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	83.7%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	4.0%

Poverty & households

	Greensville County	Lancaster County
Poverty rate	13.5%	13.1%
Average household size	2.66	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1978	1981