Greenville, TX

Census Place

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2024 Population
31,222
US Senator
John Cornyn
Republican Party
US Senator
Ted Cruz
Republican Party
2024 Median Age
35.9
2.28% 1-year increase
2024 Poverty Rate
11.5%
12.7% 1-year decrease
2024 Median Household Income
$62,781
1.25% 1-year decline
2024 Median Property Value
$219,400
11.1% 1-year growth
2024 Employed Population
14,223
4.53% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Greenville, TX 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.

93.2% of the residents in Greenville, TX are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Greenville, TX are Bella Cosmetology and Barber College (29 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Greenville, TX was $219,400, and the homeownership rate was 53.1%.

Most people in Greenville, TX drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.7 minutes. The average car ownership in Greenville, TX was 2 cars per household.

Population & Diversity

Greenville, TX is home to a population of 31.2k people, from which 93.2% are citizens. As of 2024, 10.9% of Greenville, TX residents were born outside of the country (3.39k people).

In 2024, there were 4.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.1k people) in Greenville, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.18k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.5k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Citizenship

93.2%
2024 Citizenship
93.4%
2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 93.2% of Greenville, TX residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Greenville, TX was 93.4%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

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Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Greenville, TX
  1. White (Non-Hispanic)
    17.1k ± 878
  2. Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
    4.18k ± 729
  3. Other (Hispanic)
    3.5k ± 789
25%
Hispanic Population
7.82k people

In 2024, there were 4.1 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.1k people) in Greenville, TX than any other race or ethnicity. There were 4.18k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 3.5k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

25% of the people in Greenville, TX are hispanic (7.82k people).

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

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Global Diversity

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Most Common Origin
  1. Mexico
    2,397,739 ± 36,447 people
  2. India
    325,248 ± 13,925 people
  3. El Salvador
    221,729 ± 11,517 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Texas was Mexico, the natal country of 2,397,739 Texas residents, followed by India with 325,248 and El Salvador with 221,729.

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Foreign-Born Population

10.9%
2024 Foreign-Born Population
3.39k people
9.21%
2023 Foreign-Born Population
2.76k people

As of 2024, 10.9% of Greenville, TX residents (3.39k 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 Greenville, TX was 9.21%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

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Veterans

Most Common Service Period
  1. Vietnam
    768 ± 264
  2. Gulf War (2001-)
    718 ± 267
  3. Gulf War (1990s)
    470 ± 221

Greenville, TX has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.07 times greater than any other conflict.

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Economy

The economy of Greenville, TX employs 14.2k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Greenville, TX were Manufacturing (2,188 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,856 people), and Retail Trade (1,641 people), and the highest paying industries were Mining, Quarrying, & Oil & Gas Extraction ($156,542), Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($156,542), and Utilities ($64,093).

Occupations

14.2k
2024 Value
± 1,178
4.53%
1 Year growth
± 11.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greenville, TX grew at a rate of 4.53%, from 13.6k employees to 14.2k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Greenville, TX, are Office & Administrative Support Occupations (2,056 people), Production Occupations (1,445 people), and Sales & Related Occupations (1,147 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Greenville, TX.

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Unemployment Insurance Claims

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Employment by Industries

14.2k
2024 Value
± 1,178
4.53%
1 Year growth
± 11.1%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Greenville, TX grew at a rate of 4.53%, from 13.6k employees to 14.2k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Greenville, TX, are Manufacturing (2,188 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,856 people), and Retail Trade (1,641 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Greenville, TX, though some of these residents may live in Greenville, TX and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

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Median Earnings by Industry

$44,885
Median earning men ± $5,695
$35,772
Median earning women ± $5,730

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing & Hunting, & Mining ($156,542), Information ($72,663), and Public Administration ($67,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Manufacturing ($46,473), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($46,180), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($41,785).

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Employment by Industry Sector

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Y-Axis
4.59%
Year-over-year growth
Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 13.8M people employed in Texas. This represents a 4.59% 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 9.63%.

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

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Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Texas went to Donald J. Trump with 56.1% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (42.5%), followed by Jill Stein (0.726%).

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing the state of Texas. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Texas is currently represented by 38 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

US Senators from Texas

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Texas.
John Cornyn
Senator from Texas2
Assumed office on December 2, 2002
Phil Gramm resigned (effective November 30, 2002) a few weeks before the expiration of his term in hopes that his successor, fellow Republican John Cornyn, could gain seniority over other newly elected senators. However, Cornyn did not gain additional seniority due to a 1980 Rules Committee policy.
Ted Cruz
Senator from Texas1
Assumed office on January 3, 2013

John Cornyn and Ted Cruz are the senators currently representing Texas.

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 Texas over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

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Education

In 2023, universities in Greenville, TX awarded 29 degrees. The student population of Greenville, TX in 2023 is skewed towards women, with 9 male students and 62 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Greenville, TX are White (18 and 62.1%), Hispanic or Latino (7 and 24.1%), and Black or African American (4 and 13.8%).

The largest universities in Greenville, TX by number of degrees awarded are Bella Cosmetology and Barber College (29 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Greenville, TX are General Cosmetology (24 and 82.8%) and Barbering (5 and 17.2%).

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 71 students enrolled in Greenville, TX, 12.7% men and 87.3% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 43 records, of which 95.3% were women and 4.65% men.

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Concentrations

Most Common
  1. 24 degrees awarded
  2. 5 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in Greenville, TX was General Cosmetology with 24 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate from schools in Greenville, TX according to their major.

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Universities

Gender
Race
Largest Universities by degrees awarded
29 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Bella Cosmetology and Barber College with 29 degrees awarded.

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Student Diversity

In 2023, 5 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Greenville, TX, which is 0.208 times less than the 24 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 18 degrees mean that there were 2.57 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 7 degrees awarded.

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Awarded Degrees over Time

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Housing & Living

The median property value in Greenville, TX was $219,400 in 2024, which is 0.659 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $197,400 to $219,400, a 11.1% increase. The homeownership rate in Greenville, TX is 53.1%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Greenville, TX have an average commute time of 24.7 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Greenville, TX is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Property

$219,400
Median Property Value 2024
±$12,812
$6,251
Median Property Taxes
±$646

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 Greenville, TX the largest share of households pay taxes in the $3k+ range.

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

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Rent vs Own

53.1%
Homeownership
2024
68.6%
Homeowners with Mortgage
2024

In 2024, 53.1% of the housing units in Greenville, TX were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 52%.

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Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.
$62,781
Median Household Income
± $4,894
11.8k
Number of Households
± 961

In 2024, the median household income of the 11.8k households in Greenville, TX declined from $62,781 from the previous year's value of $63,574.

The following chart displays the households in Greenville, TX 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 $60k - $75k range.

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Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Greenville, TX is from Texas.
0.475
2023 Wage GINI in Texas
0.476
2022 Wage GINI in Texas

In 2023, the income inequality in Texas was 0.475 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.208% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Texas was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Texas in comparison to the national average.

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Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024
  1. Drove Alone (79.5%)
  2. Carpooled (9.04%)
  3. Worked At Home (6.76%)

In 2024, 79.5% of workers in Greenville, TX drove alone to work, followed by those who carpooled to work (9.04%) and those who worked at home (6.76%).

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.

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Commute Time

24.7 minutes
Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Greenville, TX have a shorter commute time (24.7 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 3.85% of the workforce in Greenville, TX have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

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Car Ownership

2 cars
Average Number

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

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Poverty & Diversity

11.5% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Greenville, TX (3.5k out of 30.5k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is lower than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Males 25 - 34, followed by Females < 5 and then Females 25 - 34.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Greenville, TX is White, followed by Hispanic and Black.

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.

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Health

83.9% of the population of Greenville, TX has health coverage, with 40.7% on employee plans, 16.1% on Medicaid, 10.5% on Medicare, 15% on non-group plans, and 1.67% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Texas see 1,657 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,657 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1590 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 590 patients per year.

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

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 26.6% under 18 years, 22.4% between 18 and 34 years, 34% between 35 and 64 years, and 16.9% over 64 years.

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

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Uninsured People

16.1%
Uninsured
40.7%
Employer Coverage
16.1%
Medicaid
10.5%
Medicare
15%
Non-Group
1.67%
Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Greenville, TX declined by 0.427% from 16.1% to 16.1%.

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