Greenville State Bank · Photo: Royalbroil · CC BY-SA 3.0Greenville has lower unemployment (0.8%) than 96% of U.S. towns
Jobs and income earn Greenville A+; getting around on foot earns it C. Household incomes here are higher than in 87% of U.S. towns. About one in ten stay in Greenville for work; outside it, Appleton is the main destination (16%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Greenville apart
Greenville makes and builds things
45% of the jobs based in Greenville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greenville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 27%. The jobs ↓
Greenville and Appleton trade workers both ways
Appleton is the top workplace for Greenville residents (16%) and also where the most people who work in Greenville come from (13% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Most jobs in Greenville pay over $40,000 a year
74% of the jobs based in Greenville pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Greenville
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greenville is better than 98% of U.S. towns, #11 of 362 in Wisconsin. The poverty rate is its strongest input (1.7%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 77% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment and job access by car.
A firm grade. At either end of the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greenville stays A+.
Factories, building and farms: 45% of the jobs in Greenville
7,783 jobs are based in Greenville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greenville, 2013 → 2023: 7,192 → 7,783. 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.
Commuting out of Greenville: the destinations
Where Greenville clocks in
16% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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 many people are in Greenville by day
On a workday 5,788 residents head out to work, 614 work right here, and 7,169 people come in from elsewhere.
About 15,000 people are in Greenville on a workday afternoon, 10% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 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.
Commuting from Greenville: about 20 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greenville workers work from home, vs 13% across Wisconsin. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,799 commuters (the 17% who work from home are left out). Across Wisconsin: 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.
Where in the region Greenville works
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.
Driving is how Greenville gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greenville is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns, #249 of 362 in Wisconsin. 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 7,021 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). 1.1% of Greenville households have no vehicle (Wisconsin 6.4%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greenville’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Greenville is 53rd among 2,526 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 51 | Oakwood OH | 9,441 | $157K | 2.7% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 52 | Bexley OH | 12,452 | $158K | 3.5% | 2.5% | 7% | A+ |
| 53 | Greenville WI | 13,388 | $118K | 1.7% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 54 | Berkeley Heights Township NJ | 15,140 | $205K | 1.9% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 55 | Colesville MD | 14,519 | $131K | 3.4% | 2.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 71 | Whitefish Bay WI | 14,489 | $157K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 79 | Verona WI | 16,821 | $120K | 1.4% | 1.6% | 21% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 86 | Waunakee WI | 16,411 | $125K | 2.8% | 1.4% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | 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 Wisconsin.
Greenville and its neighbors: 11% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greenville workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | – | A+ | C | 20 min | $117,977 |
| Dale | under 2% | A | D | 22 min | $126,250 |
| Clayton | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 25 min | $133,731 |
| Grand Chute | 11% | A | B+ | 18 min | $78,105 |
| Ellington | under 2% | A | D− | 27 min | $94,306 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Grand Chute. 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 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?
$117,977 (±$7,059) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $77,485 across Wisconsin and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greenville?
1.7%, against 10.6% across Wisconsin and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greenville?
20 minutes each way on average, against 22 across Wisconsin and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greenville work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Appleton (16%, 8 mi), Grand Chute (11%, 5 mi), Fox Crossing (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greenville walkable?
Greenville is more walkable than 32% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.8 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greenville without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% 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.