Greeneville, TN

Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA)

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2024 Population

71,628

US Senator

Marsha Blackburn

Republican Party

US Senator

Bill Hagerty

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

44.7

0.224% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

15.4%

1.19% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$56,194

3.93% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$207,500

11.3% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

29,895

2.68% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Greeneville, TN reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

99.1% of the residents in Greeneville, TN are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Greeneville, TN are Tusculum University (406 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Greeneville, TN was $207,500, and the homeownership rate was 77.1%.

Most people in Greeneville, TN drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 26 minutes. The average car ownership in Greeneville, TN was 2 cars per household.

Greeneville, TN borders Asheville, NC, Johnson City, TN, Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA, Morristown, TN, and Newport, TN.

United States Tennessee

Population & Diversity

Greeneville, TN is home to a population of 71.6k people, from which 99.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 2.01% of Greeneville, TN residents were born outside of the country (1.44k people).

In 2024, there were 36.8 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (65.1k people) in Greeneville, TN than any other race or ethnicity. There were 1.77k Two Races Including Other (Hispanic) and 1.62k Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

99.1%

2024 Citizenship

99.1%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 99.1% of Greeneville, TN residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Greeneville, TN was 99.1%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Greeneville, TN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Greeneville, TN

White (Non-Hispanic)
65.1k ± 210
Two Races Including Other (Hispanic)
1.77k ± 389
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
1.62k ± 257

3.87%

Hispanic Population

2.77k people

3.87% of the people in Greeneville, TN are hispanic (2.77k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Greeneville, TN as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the MSA level, so we are showing data for Tennessee.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
96,695 ± 7,581 people
Guatemala
27,777 ± 4,084 people
India
24,683 ± 3,850 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Tennessee was Mexico, the natal country of 96,695 Tennessee residents, followed by Guatemala with 27,777 and India with 24,683.

Foreign-Born Population

2.01%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

1.44k people

2.08%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

1.48k people

As of 2024, 2.01% of Greeneville, TN residents (1.44k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Greeneville, TN was 2.08%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Greeneville, TN compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
1,677 ± 310
Gulf War (1990s)
781 ± 270
Gulf War (2001-)
748 ± 194

Greeneville, TN has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 2.15 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Greeneville, TN.

Economy

The economy of Greeneville, TN employs 29.9k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Greeneville, TN were Manufacturing (6,719 people), Retail Trade (3,974 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (3,804 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($160,583), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($60,769), and Utilities ($54,447).

Employment

Occupations

29.9k

2024 Value

± 1,441

2.68%

1 Year growth

± 6.57%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greeneville, TN grew at a rate of 2.68%, from 29.1k employees to 29.9k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Greeneville, TN, are Production Occupations (4,520 people), Sales & Related Occupations (3,085 people), and Office & Administrative Support Occupations (3,037 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Greeneville, TN.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Tennessee (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

29.9k

2024 Value

± 1,441

2.68%

1 Year growth

± 6.57%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greeneville, TN grew at a rate of 2.68%, from 29.1k employees to 29.9k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Greeneville, TN, are Manufacturing (6,719 people), Retail Trade (3,974 people), and Health Care & Social Assistance (3,804 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Greeneville, TN, though some of these residents may live in Greeneville, TN and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$42,252

Median earning men ± $1,850

$32,674

Median earning women ± $1,915

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($67,772), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($64,792), and Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($53,157).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Construction ($65,972), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($42,656), and Wholesale Trade ($41,818).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

Y-Axis

3.15%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.29M people employed in Tennessee. This represents a 3.15% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.8%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Tennessee.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

82
Retail Trade
81
Other Services (except Public Administration)
75
Construction

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$408k
Manufacturing
$229k
Transportation and Warehousing
$143k
Health Care and Social Assistance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Tennessee went to Donald J. Trump with 64.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.703%).

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing the state of Tennessee. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Tennessee is currently represented by 9 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Greeneville, TN. Showing the available data for Tennessee.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (64.2%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (34.5%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (0.703%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Tennessee went to Donald J. Trump with 64.2% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (34.5%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.703%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Tennessee for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Tennessee

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

Marsha Blackburn

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2019

Bill Hagerty

Senator from Tennessee

Assumed office on January 3, 2021

Marsha Blackburn and Bill Hagerty are the senators currently representing Tennessee.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Tennessee over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2023, universities in Greeneville, TN awarded 406 degrees. The student population of Greeneville, TN in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 604 male students and 596 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Greeneville, TN are White (246 and 65.6%), Unknown (73 and 19.5%), Black or African American (36 and 9.6%), and Hispanic or Latino (14 and 3.73%).

The largest universities in Greeneville, TN by number of degrees awarded are Tusculum University (406 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Greeneville, TN are General Business Administration & Management (133 and 32.8%), General Education (66 and 16.3%), and General Studies (38 and 9.36%).

The median tuition cost in Greeneville, TN for private four year colleges is $27,500.

Admissions & Enrollments

Applicants, Admissions & Enrolled

University

Measure

In 2023 in Greeneville, TN, the percentage of applicants admitted was 60.4%, while the percentage of admitted who enrolled was 47.2%. The number of students enrolled in 2023 was 1,200 (50.3% men and 49.7% women).

The line chart shows the evolution of the percentage of applicants admitted, admitted who enrolled or the number of students enrolled according to the option selected in the upper button.

Enrollments by Gender and Races

Universities

In 2023 there were 1,200 students enrolled in Greeneville, TN, 50.3% men and 49.7% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 702 records, of which 58% were women and 42% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Sport & Fitness Management
18 degrees awarded
General Business Administration & Management
95 degrees awarded
Kinesiology & Exercise Science
21 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Greeneville, TN was Sport & Fitness Management with 18 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Greeneville, TN according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Tusculum University

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

406 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Tusculum University with 406 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

University

In 2023, 189 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Greeneville, TN, which is 0.871 times less than the 217 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 246 degrees mean that there were 3.37 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Unknown, with 73 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Universities

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($27,500) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($2,928) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Greeneville, TN was $207,500 in 2024, which is 0.624 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $186,400 to $207,500, a 11.3% increase. The homeownership rate in Greeneville, TN is 77.1%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Greeneville, TN have an average commute time of 26 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Greeneville, TN is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$207,500

Median Property Value 2024

±$8,440

$21,899

Median Property Taxes

±$1,125

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Greeneville, TN the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Greeneville, TN compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

77.1%

Homeownership

2024

68.4%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 77.1% of the housing units in Greeneville, TN were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 75.9%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Greeneville, TN compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$56,194

Median Household Income

± $3,104

28.4k

Number of Households

± 1,411

In 2024, the median household income of the 28.4k households in Greeneville, TN grew to $56,194 from the previous year's value of $54,071.

The following chart displays the households in Greeneville, TN distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $75k - $100k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Greeneville, TN is from Tennessee.

0.459

2023 Wage GINI in Tennessee

0.462

2022 Wage GINI in Tennessee

In 2023, the income inequality in Tennessee was 0.459 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.619% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Tennessee was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Tennessee in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Tennessee across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (80.6%)
Carpooled (9%)
Worked At Home (7.77%)

In 2024, 80.6% of workers in Greeneville, TN drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9%) and those who worked at home (7.77%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

26 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Greeneville, TN have a shorter commute time (26 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.2% of the workforce in Greeneville, TN have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Greeneville, TN compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Greeneville, TN distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Greeneville, TN have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

15.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Greeneville, TN (10.7k out of 69.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Males 55 - 64 and then Females 65 - 74.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Greeneville, TN is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Health

90.8% of the population of Greeneville, TN has health coverage, with 38.3% on employee plans, 20.6% on Medicaid, 16.5% on Medicare, 13.2% on non-group plans, and 2.14% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Tennessee see 1,437 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,437 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1779 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 500 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.3% were men and 50.7% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Tennessee.

1,437 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Tennessee

Primary care physicians in Tennessee see an average of 1,437 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,437 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Tennessee in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 20.3% under 18 years, 19.2% between 18 and 34 years, 38.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 22% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 49.3% were men and 50.7% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

9.25%

Uninsured

38.3%

Employer Coverage

20.6%

Medicaid

16.5%

Medicare

13.2%

Non-Group

2.14%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Greeneville, TN declined by 7.84% from 10% to 9.25%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Greeneville, TN changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

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