Greensville County vs Middlesex County

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

Greensville County and Middlesex 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 10,774 in Middlesex County). Middlesex County has the higher median household income ($74,154 vs $56,759 in Greensville County). Middlesex County has the higher median home value ($299,800 vs $159,200 in Greensville County).

Population, income & housing

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
Population	11,304	10,774
Median age	39.9 yrs	55.5 yrs
Median household income	$56,759	$74,154
Median home value	$159,200	$299,800
Median gross rent	$960	$1,071
Housing units	4,012	7,140
Homeownership rate	69.0%	85.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.8%	31.6%
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
Population	11,525 → 11,304 (-1.9%)	10,675 → 10,774 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$50,300 → $56,759 (+12.8%)	$57,438 → $74,154 (+29.1%)
Median home value	$117,700 → $159,200 (+35.3%)	$261,900 → $299,800 (+14.5%)
Median gross rent	$854 → $960 (+12.4%)	$844 → $1,071 (+26.9%)

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

Middlesex County

Population

10,67510,774

Median household income

$57,438$74,154

Median home value

$261,900$299,800

Median gross rent

$844$1,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
Under 5	3.9%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.4%	12.5%
18 to 24	8.0%	5.2%
25 to 34	17.0%	10.1%
35 to 44	14.8%	7.7%
45 to 54	15.0%	10.4%
55 to 64	12.8%	17.2%
65 to 74	10.3%	18.8%
75 and over	5.9%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
White (non-Hispanic)	35.4%	78.0%
Black or African American	52.7%	14.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	1.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	6.4%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	2.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
No high school diploma	20.9%	8.7%
High school graduate	40.8%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	21.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.8%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
Drove alone	78.0%	70.4%
Carpooled	14.3%	6.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	0.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.0%	20.3%
Other means	4.1%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	84.5%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	2.0%
2 to 4 units	1.2%	3.1%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	1.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	8.7%

Poverty & households

	Greensville County	Middlesex County
Poverty rate	13.5%	9.5%
Average household size	2.66	2.19
Mean commute (minutes)	24	31
Median year structure built	1978	1982