What is the population of Greenville city?

Greenville city has 28,833 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 427 in Mississippi.

What is the median household income in Greenville city?

Median household income in Greenville city is $36,297 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greenville city?

Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $100,800, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.

Is Greenville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greenville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Greenville, MS population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Greenville, Mississippi (Greenville, MS — Census place “Greenville city”) is 28,833 residents, ranking #9 of 427 places in Mississippi. Median household income is $36,297, the median home is worth $100,800 and median gross rent runs $824 a month. Looking for the Greenville Mississippi ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Greenville, MS: 38701, 38703.

Population: 28,833Greenville city residents
Median household income: $36,297Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $100,800Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $824Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 51%Owner-occupied households

Greenville ZIP codes (Mississippi)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Greenville.

The Greenville MS ZIP code list below covers 2 ZIP codes. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Greenville city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Greenville city median would spend about 27.2% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.8× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 31.8% of residents and 51% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Greenville city, MS in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Greenville city is a small city in Mississippi, with 28,833 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #9 of 427 ranked by population — larger than 98% of them. The median age here is 38.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Greenville city earn a median of $36,297 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538 and 18% below the $44,178 median for the 191 Mississippi cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 31.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Greenville city is valued at $100,800, 66.8% below the national figure and 17% below the $121,300 peer median, while median gross rent runs $824 a month, 41.4% below the national figure, or roughly $9,888 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.2% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.8×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 51% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Rent is reported gross — contract rent plus tenant-paid utilities — which is why it runs above the advertised price on a listing for the same unit.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Greenville city?: Greenville city has 28,833 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #9 of 427 in Mississippi.
What is the median household income in Greenville city?: Median household income in Greenville city is $36,297 a year, 53.8% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greenville city?: Median gross rent is $824 a month and the median home value is $100,800, so rent absorbs about 27.2% of median household income.
Is Greenville city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.8× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greenville city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.2% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Greenville city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.