City safety & data profile

GreenvilleSC

Greenville, SC is a 65K-resident city in Greenville County with a median household income of $71,472.

Greenville County, South Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Greenville, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Greenville has a population larger than 85% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, a median home value of $487,500, and 4 hospitals serving the surrounding area.

Data updated 2026-09-04

65K
Population (place)
Top 15%
By size
$71,472
Median income (place)
$487,500
Median home (place)
14%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Greenville

Greenville posts a median household income higher than 39% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks, where 4 hospitals serve the Greenville area.

Bottom 40%
by median income, US cities
4
hospitals in & near Greenville

Where Greenville income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$71,472 Bottom 39% higher than 39% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Greenville $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in SC

Population among 50 SC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Columbia is the largest SC city on this list; Five Forks leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in SC

Median household income among the same 50-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Five Forks posts the highest place-level median income in SC; Columbia is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Greenville, SC beyond the headline numbers

Greenville sits inside Greenville County, South Carolina, at roughly 34.85°N, -82.39°W. Population 64,579, $71,472 median household income. Median home value $487,500, median rent $1,312. Poverty rate 14%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

4 hospitals in/around Greenville, 4.3/5 avg rating, 1 with an ER.

Poverty in Greenville, SC stands at 14%, above the midpoint of reporting cities. A median income can look comfortable while a share this size sits well beneath it, which is why the two figures belong together.

The median home in Greenville costs around 6.8 times what a median household earns in a year -- the most expensive quarter of reporting cities, and far enough ahead of local pay that ownership is largely closed to median earners.

15.9% of Greenville workers are remote, above the midpoint of reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, short sleep duration departs furthest from its peer median: 32.8% in Greenville, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,852 cities reporting that measure.

Greenville's median age is 34.7 years, in the youngest quarter of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Greenville from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
64,579
Greenville · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$71,472
-20% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$487,500
+18% vs avg
Median Age (place)
34.7
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Greenville County): Greenville's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
548K+19%
Median Income
$76,932+57%
Median Home Value
$299,000+95%
Poverty Rate
10.8%-32%
Unemployment
4.4%-53%

Economics

Economics indicators for Greenville, SC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,312/mo
Poverty Rate
14% +13% vs avg
Unemployment 4.4%
Bachelor's Degree+ 55.5%
Work From Home 15.9%
Public Transit 0.6%

Population

White 67.4%
African American 19.4%
Asian 2.2%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.8%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Short Sleep Duration
32.8%
High Blood Pressure
31.8%
Obesity
31.4%
Physical Inactivity
20.8%
Binge Drinking
17.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
16.6%
Frequent Physical Distress
11.4%
Diabetes
10.4%
Lack of Health Insurance
10.4%
Current Smoking
10%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 67.2%
Annual Checkup 77.5%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
9.6%
Coronary Heart Disease
5%
Stroke
2.9%

Hospitals 4 total

Rating Distribution
★★★★★
1
★★★★
2
★★★
0
★★
0
★
0
Average Rating
4.3/5
Total Hospitals
4
With ER
1
PRISMA HEALTH PATEWOOD HOSPITAL
GREENVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★★
ST FRANCIS-DOWNTOWN
GREENVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals · ER
★★★★☆
PRISMA HEALTH GREENVILLE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL
GREENVILLE · Acute Care Hospitals
★★★★☆

What alerts and safety updates affect Greenville?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Greenville right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet SC-GREENVILLE-SC · Greenville

Greenville: no area-tagged alerts on record — state hubs carry the live CAP stream.

  • FEED-QUIET No tagged alerts
  • LEAD-NONE Feed idle
  • DESK-IDLE Awaiting feed

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Greenville; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse South Carolina state hubs · Methodology

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Frequently Asked Questions 6

What is the population of Greenville, SC? ▼
Greenville, SC has a population of 64,579 people, located in Greenville County, South Carolina.
What is the median household income in Greenville? ▼
The median household income in Greenville, SC is $71,472 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 14%.
What is the median home value in Greenville? ▼
The median home value in Greenville, SC is $487,500. Median rent is $1,312/month.
What are the top health concerns in Greenville? ▼
The top health indicators in Greenville include Short Sleep Duration (32.8%), High Blood Pressure (31.8%), Obesity (31.4%). Data from CDC PLACES.
How many hospitals are in Greenville? ▼
Greenville has 4 hospitals with an average rating of 4.3/5 stars. 1 have emergency departments.
What is the median age in Greenville? ▼
The median age in Greenville, SC is 34.7 years. 55.5% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Greenville, both outside South Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside SC (14% here).

Las Vegas, NV 14% Santa Barbara, CA 14% Olympia, WA 14% North Lauderdale, FL 14%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside SC ($71,472 here).

Shepherdsville, KY $71,476 Alvin, TX $71,477 Muscoy, CA $71,458 Oak Park, MI $71,510

Compare Greenville with another city

Pick a second U.S. city to open a side-by-side profile on population, income, health, and hospitals, the same federal datasets as this page.

Quick picks:

Nearby Cities 8

Parker, SC 11K Gantt, SC 14K Berea, SC 14K Wade Hampton, SC 21K Mauldin, SC 25K Taylors, SC 22K Five Forks, SC 14K Simpsonville, SC 21K
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Using Greenville's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Greenville area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Greenville against South Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore South Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Greenville County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.