Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Greenville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 421st among Texas's 640 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is safety: it reports less crime per resident than 44% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 79% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $238K, 2.6 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income. 28% of working residents work locally in Greenville, against 8.3% in Texas’ towns and 8% across U.S. towns. On history, just 74 of Texas’ 1,000 towns do better. The biggest park or preserve is Greenville Sports Park, at 117 acres.
Where Greenville beats most towns.
Census counts: 4,330 in 1890, 28,164 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1865 and a map from 1963 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Texas), ordered by how far Greenville is from typical.
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Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Greenville.
Its public schools are run by Greenville ISD. Two of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville MiddleLargest public middle schoolGrades 7–8 | Grades 7–8 | 771 | C− |
| Greenville H SLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,520 | C |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within TX on state tests and graduation
Greenville beats the Texas average on 0 of 31 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 19% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance in Greenville.
| Greenville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 8.1% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 74% | 74% | 79% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 20% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| What stands out | Greenville | TX |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 16.9% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.1% | 5.7% |
| More smokers | 14.6% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Greenville has mild winters and hot summers. The July high in Greenville is 94°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 2.6 years of the Dallas metro’s $90K median household income, the typical home (about $238K) costs less against local pay than in 81% of Texas towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living. The typical value, about $238K, is 8% below its August 2022 peak.
53% of Greenville households own their home. The typical Greenville home is worth about $238,000, down 2.5% in a year, 20% below the Texas typical home.
| Greenville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 53% | 69% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,311 a month | $1,206 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
| Greenville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.5% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Graham Park | 0.7 mi | 21 |
| 2. Greenville Sports Park | — | 117 |
| 3. Phillips Field | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About one in 4 of Greenville’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Greenville grew to 18,373 in 2023, 2,137 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Dallas (10%), Rockwall (3%) and Plano (3%).
| Greenville | Texas towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 6.8% | 9.7% | 11% |
| Median household income | $63,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 12% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 14 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greenville.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
2 within 15 miles of the center of Greenville
About 4 of every 100 Greenville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Texas.
25,557 counted in 2010 and 28,164 in 2020; an estimated 37,069 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 31.8% since 2020, after 10.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
7 places in Greenville on the National Register of Historic Places.
25 notable people were born in Greenville.
City in Texas, United States
Greenville (locally GREEN-vəl) is the county seat of and the most populous city in Hunt County, Texas, United States. As the "Gateway to East Texas", Greenville is located in Northeast Texas approximately 50 miles (80 km) northeast of Dallas and 30 miles (48 km) west of Sulphur Springs. As of the 2020 census, the city population was 28,164. Greenville was named for Thomas J. Green, a significant contributor to the founding of the Texas Republic.
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Greenville grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #421 of 640 in Texas. It grades C for health, C+ for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
25 notable people were born here, including Kay Granger and Edgar Ablowich.
