What is the population of Greeneville town?

Greeneville town has 15,531 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #39 of 504 in Tennessee.

What is the median household income in Greeneville town?

Median household income in Greeneville town is $51,516 a year, 34.4% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greeneville town?

Median gross rent is $680 a month and the median home value is $210,700, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.

Is Greeneville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greeneville town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Greeneville, TN population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Greeneville, Tennessee (Greeneville, TN — Census place “Greeneville town”) is 15,531 residents, ranking #39 of 504 places in Tennessee. Median household income is $51,516, the median home is worth $210,700 and median gross rent runs $680 a month. Looking for the Greeneville Tennessee ZIP code list? 2 ZIP codes serve Greeneville, TN: 37743, 37745.

Population: 15,531Greeneville town residents
Median household income: $51,516Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $210,700Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $680Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 40.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 61.4%Owner-occupied households

Greeneville ZIP codes (Tennessee)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Greeneville.

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

What the numbers mean in Greeneville town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Greeneville town median would spend about 15.8% 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 4.1× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 16.7% of residents and 61.4% of households own their home.

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

Greeneville town, TN in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Greeneville town is a mid-size town in Tennessee, with 15,531 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #39 of 504 ranked by population — larger than 92% of them. The median age here is 40.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older 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 Greeneville town earn a median of $51,516 a year, 34.4% below the national figure of $78,538 and 8% below the $55,988 median for the 307 Tennessee cities we cover. This figure covers the household, not the worker: two people on ordinary wages at one address outrank a single professional in the same table. Poverty reaches 16.7% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Greeneville town is valued at $210,700, 30.6% below the national figure and 10% above the $191,100 peer median, while median gross rent runs $680 a month, 51.6% below the national figure, or roughly $8,160 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 15.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4.1×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 61.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. 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

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What is the population of Greeneville town?: Greeneville town has 15,531 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #39 of 504 in Tennessee.
What is the median household income in Greeneville town?: Median household income in Greeneville town is $51,516 a year, 34.4% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greeneville town?: Median gross rent is $680 a month and the median home value is $210,700, so rent absorbs about 15.8% of median household income.
Is Greeneville town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4.1× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greeneville town is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 15.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Greeneville town 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.