Greenville, NC
Greenville, NC Metro Area
Figures are medians for the whole Greenville, NC Metro Area, not the city proper.
Among the 300 U.S. metros CityLedger tracks, Greenville ranks 292nd for affordability — how far a typical paycheck stretches after local prices — and 289th for income. A household earns $57,031 a year while median rent runs $986/mo, making it expensive relative to what residents earn. Affordability and price level are different lenses: the raw cost of living here runs 12% below the U.S. average.
Its strongest card is air quality (29th of 300), while affordability is the soft spot (292nd). Housing usually decides a move: rent ranks 37th and home prices 83rd among the 300 metros CityLedger tracks.
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On $75,000 for just you in Greenville, your take-home is worth about $66,365 once local prices are factored in — local prices stretch it further than the U.S. average.
Take-home estimates a single filer taking the standard deduction (2025 federal brackets, FICA, and state income tax) and isn't tax advice. “Real value” rebases take-home to average U.S. prices using the BEA cost-of-living index; the per-person figure uses the OECD square-root equivalence scale.
The numbers
Income & cost
- Median income
- 289th of 300↑6.8%$57,031
- Cost of living?The local price level vs. the U.S. average of 100 (BEA). Lower means cheaper. This is raw prices, not adjusted for income.
- 32nd of 30088 (US=100)
- Cost-adj. income?Median household income divided by the local price level — what the typical paycheck is really worth here.
- $64,513
- Per-capita income
- $33,995
- Full-time pay
- $39,706
Housing
- Median rent
- 37th of 300↑18.9%$986/mo
- Home value
- 83rd of 300↑57.9%$245,800
- Property tax
- $1,843/yr · 0.7%
- Sales tax
- 7.00%
Jobs & education
- Unemployment
- 266th of 3006.2%
- Bachelor's+
- 158th of 30032.8%
- Avg commute
- 80th of 30022.3 min
People
- Population
- 180,783
- Population change
- 0%
- Median age
- 33.1 yrs
- Foreign-born
- 5.8%
- Broadband
- 92.7%
Environment & risk
- Air quality (AQI)
- 29th of 30037
- Natural-hazard loss
- 222nd of 300$17/$10k
Health
- Fair/poor health
- 190th of 30019.7%
- Uninsured (18–64)
- 10.5%
Sources: U.S. Census Bureau (ACS), U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, U.S. EPA, FEMA, CDC, NOAA — every figure's source is listed on our methodology page. Data built 2026-06-14. ↑↓ mark the change since 2019.
How CityLedger scores it
Transparent weights — see our methodology.
Strengths
- + Cost of living
- + Rent
- + Home prices
- + Commute
- + Air quality
Watch-outs
- – Affordability
- – Household income
- – Job market
- – Hazard safety
Climate
30-year normals (1991–2020) from the nearest station — rocky mt wilson ap.
What jobs pay in Greenville
Median annual wage by occupation (BLS OEWS 2025) — half of workers in each role earn more, half less.
- IT managers
- $158,250
- Pharmacists
- $143,480
- Financial managers
- $142,420
- Software developers
- $123,680
- Civil engineers
- $94,410
- General & operations managers
- $91,140
- Lawyers
- $82,880
- Registered nurses
- $81,670
- Accountants & auditors
- $75,140
- Secondary school teachers
- $57,230
- Police officers
- $57,190
- Plumbers
- $57,080
- Elementary school teachers
- $55,490
- Electricians
- $54,930
- Truck drivers (heavy)
- $48,980
- Carpenters
- $46,750
- Maintenance & repair workers
- $45,390
- Construction laborers
- $42,420
- Customer service reps
- $36,310
- Janitors
- $34,700
- Retail salespersons
- $29,250
- Waiters & waitresses
- $28,680
- Cashiers
- $27,720
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS 2025 — annual median wage. Cross-industry, all experience levels.
Where new residents move from
The states sending the most people to the Greenville metro, by estimated movers (U.S. Census 2022 migration flows, 5-year). Moves from elsewhere in North Carolina are excluded to show where out-of-state arrivals originate.
- New Jersey980
- Virginia477
- Georgia402
- Texas375
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2022 Migration Flows (5-year).
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Greenville metro — frequently asked
- What is the median rent in the Greenville metro?
- Median gross rent across the Greenville, NC Metro Area is $986 a month (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024). That figure covers the whole metro area, not just the city of Greenville.
- What is the median household income in the Greenville metro?
- A typical household in the Greenville, NC Metro Area earns $57,031 a year (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- Is Greenville expensive to live in?
- The overall cost of living in the Greenville, NC Metro Area runs about 12% below the U.S. average (BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024) — prices are lower than average, before accounting for local pay.
- Does a paycheck go far in the Greenville metro?
- After adjusting for local prices, the median household income is worth about $64,513 (versus its face value of $57,031). CityLedger rates the Greenville, NC Metro Area expensive for what residents earn.
- What is the typical home value in the Greenville metro?
- The median home value across the Greenville, NC Metro Area is $245,800 (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).
- What is the unemployment rate in the Greenville metro?
- The unemployment rate in the Greenville, NC Metro Area is 6.2% (U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024).