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SheetDE-GREENVILLE-DE · Greenville, DE 3,100 pop · income 92nd pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Greenville
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Greenville on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cottonwood CD… · lowest
40,339
Cottonwood CD… · lowest
40,339 median HH income
26.4% of the leader · rank #1
Reston · near
139,515
Reston · near
139,515 median HH income
91.1% of the leader · rank #2
Greenville · this city
139,541
Greenville · this city
139,541 median HH income
91.2% of the leader · rank #3
Mililani Mauka · near
139,564
Mililani Mauka · near
139,564 median HH income
91.2% of the leader · rank #4
Brentwood · near
139,567
Brentwood · near
139,567 median HH income
91.2% of the leader · rank #5
Glenn Dale · near
139,625
Glenn Dale · near
139,625 median HH income
91.2% of the leader · rank #6
Townsend · highest
153,083
Townsend · highest
153,083 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Greenville on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 3,100.
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Greenville lands in the 92nd percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
92nd
percentile, household income
97th
percentile, home value
78th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Greenville, DE
Greenville is a small town in Delaware, home to 3,100 residents per U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Greenville households earn a median of $139,541 annually, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 2.3%. Greenville's housing stock carries a median value of $1,003,100, and the median resident age is 48.7 years. 82.7% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 59.6% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
The city is served by 1 public schools according to NCES Common Core of Data.
Delaware tracks close to the national cost-of-living baseline: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Delaware scores 99.8 (Near Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,560 monthly. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Delaware run around $243, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Greenville's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Greenville, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Greenville?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 65.5%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Which cities make useful reference points for Greenville?
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
Within Delaware, the closest population matches are Dover Base Housing (3,026 residents, $71,181 income); Selbyville (3,005 residents, $81,845 income); Townsend (2,792 residents, $153,083 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Ocean Grove, MA (3,099 residents); Karnes City, TX (3,101 residents); Cottonwood CDP (Kern County), CA (3,102 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
How far does income reach against housing in Greenville?
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 7.2 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 2.3%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the education layer cover for Greenville?
The matched institution count is small, so district boundaries and schools outside the city line may matter more than the municipal count suggests. Use the number as a coverage cue, then verify attendance zones with the district before making a household decision.
The NCES join finds 1 public school within the city match. 82.7% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
Above-average cost · BEA RPP 2024, Delaware average
B+
City profile score · Greenville, DE
79/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Bachelor's+ share A+
82.7%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Household income A+
$139,541
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate A-
2.3%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Cost of living D
99.8 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Greenville profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 100/100 (A+) · 82.7%
Household income: 93/100 (A+) · $139,541
Poverty rate: 84/100 (A-) · 2.3%
Cost of living: 41/100 (D) · 99.8 index
How does Greenville compare to other US cities?
Where Greenville sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value97% pricier than other cities
Median rent78% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Greenville against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Delaware only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Delaware-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Greenville near the bottom of Delaware's cities
Among the 79 Delaware cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Greenville ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Greenville only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#7 of 77
91st percentile in Delaware
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 79
0th percentile in Delaware
Median Home Value
#4 of 77
95th percentile in Delaware
Poverty Rate
#62 of 79
22nd percentile in Delaware
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#1 of 79
99th percentile in Delaware
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Delaware only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
92nd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Greenville's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,003,1003rd percentilemore affordable than 3% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. 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 ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
Greenville's home-value-to-income ratio: 7.2×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#14,760 of 15,516
More affordable than 5% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#10,853 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 7.2×, Greenville sits in the pressured band:
national rank #14,760 of 15,516 and #10,853 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$139,541Greenville, DE median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Greenville, DE median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Greenville, DE.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)82.7%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)2.3%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)59.6%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
3,100
Median Income
$139,541
Median Home Value
$1,003,100
Median Age
48.7
Poverty Rate
2.3%
Labor force participation
59.6%
Bachelor's Degree+
82.7%
Schools
Total Schools
1
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
65.5%
Carpool
4.5%
Public Transit
7.5%
Walk
0.9%
Work from Home
16.4%
Other
5.2%
Based on 1,564 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Delaware statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $243
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Delaware at $243 (electricity about $115 , water and sewer about $48 ).
These are Delaware statewide averages, not a meter reading for Greenville. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Delaware's BEA cost-of-living index is 99.8 (Near Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Greenville is $1,560/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Delaware statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 91.3 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Delaware statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Greenville sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Greenville compares to similar-size Delaware cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, NCES CCD, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.