Photo: Nyttend · Public domainHouseholds in Greenville have lower incomes than those in 91% of U.S. towns
At home: 4% of workers have no commute at all (Ohio 13%). The poverty rate is 14.2%, where Ohio as a whole has 13.3%. Jobs and income earn Greenville C; getting around on foot earns it B+.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Greenville stands out on work
Commutes from Greenville are quick
The average trip to work takes 17 minutes, against 23 across Ohio. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Ohio worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Greenville workers work from home
Only 4% of workers work from home, against 13% across Ohio. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Greenville draws workers from far and wide
The 7,830 jobs in Greenville are filled from a wide area. Greenville’s own residents hold 24% and the ten next-biggest home towns 21%; the other 55% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Income, poverty and work: Greenville’s grade explained
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenville is better than 30% of U.S. towns, #817 of 992 in Ohio. Unemployment holds Greenville’s grade up (4.0%, U.S. 5.2%); household income pulls it down ($47,237, U.S. $80,734). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenville could be anywhere from C− to B−.
The daily trip from Greenville: about 17 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenville workers work from home, vs 13% across Ohio. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,475 commuters (the 4% who work from home are left out). Across Ohio: 86% 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.
6% of working residents work in Greenville Township
Where Greenville clocks in
6% of workers
3% of workers
3% 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 a workday changes Greenville
On a workday 4,046 residents head out to work, 1,893 work right here, and 5,937 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Greenville on a workday afternoon, 15% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.32 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Inside Greenville’s 7,830 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 7,522 → 7,830. 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 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Miles to work from Greenville
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Greenville, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns, #177 of 993 in Ohio. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.7% across Ohio.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 5,715 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 11.2% of Greenville households have no vehicle (Ohio 7.5%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenville places 1,848th of 2,354 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 4 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 9 | Jerome Township OH | 11,237 | $176K | 0.4% | 0.7% | 3% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,846 | Loyalsock Township PA | 11,393 | $59K | 7.9% | 12.3% | 14% | C |
| 1,847 | Fort Bliss TX | 11,460 | $57K | 13.0% | 12.3% | 5% | C |
| 1,848 | Greenville OH | 12,680 | $47K | 14.2% | 4.0% | 32% | C |
| 1,849 | Hudson FL | 11,254 | $52K | 13.0% | 4.6% | 5% | C |
| 1,850 | Hueytown AL | 16,159 | $63K | 16.2% | 8.6% | 5% | C |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ohio.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, 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?
$47,237 (±$4,667) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,389 across Ohio and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenville?
14.2%, against 13.3% across Ohio and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenville?
17 minutes each way on average, against 23 across Ohio and 26 nationally. 4% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenville work?
32% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenville Township (6%, 1 mi), Troy (3%, 22 mi), Dayton (3%, 31 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenville walkable?
Greenville is more walkable than 72% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 9.1 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenville without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
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), 2023, 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.