Population: 67,000 Males: 27,997 (46.3%), Females: 32,479 (53.7%)
Elevation: 56 feet
County: Pitt
Land area: 25.6 square miles
Zip codes: 27833..27836, 27858. Median resident age: 26.0 years Median household income: $28,648 Median house value: $130,000
Races in Greenville:
- White Non-Hispanic (60.6%)
- Black (34.1%)
- Hispanic (2.1%)
- Two or more races (1.3%)
- Other race (1.0%)
- Asian Indian (0.6%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: English (10.2%), German (8.8%), Irish (7.5%), United States (7.4%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%), Italian (2.5%).
For population 25 years and over in Greenville
- High school or higher: 86.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 38.4%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.4%
- Unemployed: 8.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 17.9 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Greenville city
- Never married: 48.9%
- Now married: 35.9%
- Separated: 2.8%
- Widowed: 4.9%
- Divorced: 7.4%
3.9% Foreign born (1.3% Asia, 1.0% Latin America, 0.9% Europe, 0.5% North America).
Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Raleigh, NC (88.7 miles, pop. 276,093).
Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Philadelphia, PA (340.4 miles, pop. 1,517,550).
Nearest cities: Winterville, NC (5.3 miles),
Simpson, NC (6.7 miles),
Ayden, NC (9.6 miles),
Grimesland, NC (12.7 miles),
Bethel, NC (14.2 miles),
Farmville, NC (14.8 miles),
Parmele, NC (15.5 miles),
Conetoe, NC (16.0 miles).
Single-family new house construction building permits:
- 1997: 544 buildings, average cost: $75,600
- 1998: 416 buildings, average cost: $97,500
- 1999: 373 buildings, average cost: $88,200
- 2000: 411 buildings, average cost: $96,000
- 2001: 294 buildings, average cost: $120,600
- 2002: 338 buildings, average cost: $113,800
Area code: 252
Industries providing employment: Educational,health and social services (30.8%), Retail trade (14.6%), Arts,entertainment,recreation,accommodation and food services (12.0%), Manufacturing (11.1%).
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