Photo: User:Ken Gallager · CC BY-SA 4.0Greenville has 0.3 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
Employers in Greenville report 249 jobs, against 909 working residents. Jobs and income earn Greenville C; getting around on foot earns it C−. Only 4% stay in Greenville for work; outside it, Nashua is the main destination (10%, 16 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Greenville
Greenville is a place people come home to
There are 249 jobs based in Greenville, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Greenville has about 1,400 people in it, 33% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Greenville than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Greenville fell from 412 in 2014 to 249 in 2024, −40%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Greenville workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across New Hampshire. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 909 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
What’s behind Greenville’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenville is better than 27% of U.S. towns. Job access by car holds Greenville’s grade up (ahead of 46% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down (7.7%, U.S. 5.2%).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenville could be anywhere from D to A−.
Who commutes out of Greenville, and who commutes in
On a workday 877 residents head out to work, 32 work right here, and 217 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,400 people are in Greenville on a workday afternoon, 33% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
A place that makes things: 38% of Greenville’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenville, 2014 → 2024: 412 → 249. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Greenville: about 32 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenville workers work from home, vs 17% across New Hampshire. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 898 commuters (the 14% who work from home are left out). Across New Hampshire: 87% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Where the trip to work from Greenville ends
Where Greenville clocks in
10% of workers
7% of workers
5% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
How far Greenville’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Greenville, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns. Both inputs place Greenville near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,042 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 5.8% of Greenville households have no vehicle (New Hampshire 4.6%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenville is 3,594th of 5,509 U.S. towns of 1,400 to 2,700 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Newfields NH | 1,775 | $198K | 2.4% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 236 | Mont Vernon NH | 2,698 | $158K | 4.4% | 1.5% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 260 | Hampton Falls NH | 2,379 | $166K | 4.0% | 2.8% | 7% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,592 | Willamina OR | 2,276 | $59K | 6.8% | 5.7% | 3% | C |
| 3,593 | Irrigon OR | 2,042 | $74K | 12.2% | 4.6% | 4% | C |
| 3,594 | Greenville NH | 2,029 | $72K | 13.7% | 7.7% | 4% | C |
| 3,595 | Vermontville Township MI | 1,961 | $70K | 14.8% | 2.6% | 2% | C |
| 3,596 | Bethlehem NH | 2,575 | $85K | 10.1% | 7.3% | 12% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 5,509 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 61% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greenville, the top three, the last and three more from New Hampshire.
Greenville and its neighbors
The biggest share goes to New Ipswich (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | – | C | C− | 32 min | $71,875 |
| Mason | under 3% | A− | C | 41 min | $111,090 |
| New Ipswich | 5% | A | C+ | 33 min | $110,507 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Greenville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greenville: questions
What is the median household income in Greenville?
$71,875 (±$31,072) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $99,031 across New Hampshire and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenville?
13.7%, against 7.2% across New Hampshire and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenville?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across New Hampshire and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenville work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Nashua (10%, 16 mi), Milford (7%, 8 mi), Peterborough (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greenville walkable?
Greenville is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.1 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greenville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greenville
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.