Photo: RoundRhombus · CC BY-SA 4.0Household incomes in Greenville are lower than in 84% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 16.5% of residents, next to 11.7% for Pennsylvania as a whole. Greenville grades C− for jobs and income and A for walkability. About one in ten work in Greenville itself; outside it, Hermitage draws the most (10%, 12 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Greenville stands out on work
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Greenville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenville is better than 23% of U.S. towns, #922 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. Job access by car holds Greenville’s grade up (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns); household income pulls it down ($52,661, U.S. $80,734).
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenville could be anywhere from D to B.
How long Greenville spends getting to work: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenville workers work from home, vs 16% across Pennsylvania. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,232 commuters (the 8% who work from home are left out). Across Pennsylvania: 81% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Greenville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,838 residents head out to work, 244 work right here, and 1,450 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of Greenville: the destinations
Where Greenville clocks in
10% of workers
8% of workers
4% 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.
In Greenville, services account for most jobs
1,694 jobs are based in Greenville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenville, 2014 → 2024: 1,941 → 1,694. 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.
Greenville’s commute, mile by mile
About 24% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Greenville is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns, #119 of 1,035 in Pennsylvania. 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 2,436 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). 10.9% of Greenville households have no vehicle (Pennsylvania 10.4%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Greenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Greenville next to U.S. towns of 3,800 to 7,300: 2,824th of 3,541 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 26 | West Vincent Township PA | 6,885 | $203K | 1.4% | 0.8% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 30 | Edgmont Township PA | 4,706 | $137K | 2.4% | 1.1% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 68 | Pocopson Township PA | 4,480 | $230K | 1.3% | 2.2% | 4% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,822 | Rockland ME | 7,142 | $57K | 10.4% | 6.6% | 32% | C− |
| 2,823 | Lexington OH | 4,848 | $52K | 13.7% | 6.0% | 12% | C− |
| 2,824 | Greenville PA | 5,406 | $53K | 16.5% | 4.7% | 12% | C− |
| 2,825 | Rio Bravo TX | 4,523 | $46K | 32.8% | 2.6% | 1% | C− |
| 2,826 | Plymouth NH | 6,721 | $77K | 18.6% | 5.6% | 27% | C− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,541 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 19% | 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 Pennsylvania.
Greenville and its neighbors: 12% work next door
The biggest share goes to Hempfield Township (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | – | C− | A | 20 min | $52,661 |
| Hempfield Township | 8% | C− | B− | 18 min | $49,653 |
| West Salem Township | 4% | D | D− | 27 min | $54,688 |
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?
$52,661 (±$12,567) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,971 across Pennsylvania and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenville?
16.5%, against 11.7% across Pennsylvania and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 26 across Pennsylvania and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenville work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hermitage (10%, 12 mi), Hempfield Township (8%, 2 mi), Pymatuning Township (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Greenville walkable?
Greenville is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 10.6 out of 20, and 12% 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), 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.