Greenville (NC)

Data as of · Metro Power Rankings

#887

Global Rank

2.1

Power Score

Emerging Metro

% of Country Score

0.1%


Share

United States • North America • Language power • Time zone America/New_York UTC−5 (EST) (observes summer time)

Population
281K
GDP
$12B
GDP per capita
$42,274
Land area
3,954 km² (1,527 mi²)
Density
71/km² (184/mi²)

Primary city Greenville (NC)

State / province North Carolina

Language English

Greenville (NC) metro area

35.61, -77.37
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Sport

Dimension Breakdown

Value and global rank across all 16 dimensions
World #1Top 5Outside top 5

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Closest profiles across all 16 dimensions

Sports

3 teams

House Prices

FHFA to 2026 Q2

FHFA all-transactions index for Greenville, NC, since 1986. Real terms in 2024 dollars. Full history and the year-by-year table.

real, 2024 dollarsnominalindex, first quarter = 100 · shaded: 2007 to 2012
0501001502002503001990200020102020

One year
One year +3.0%
nominal
Ten years
Ten years +42.4%
real, 2024 $
Since 2000
Since 2000 +26.1%
real, 2024 $
2007 to 2012
2007 to 2012 −17.1%
2007Q4 to 2012Q2

Languages of Greenville (NC)

English first in North Carolina.

LanguageShare
English86.5%
Spanish8.7%
Mandarin Chinese0.4%
French0.3%
Vietnamese0.3%
English reach, North Carolina
97%
Tier 1 census

North Carolina on the languages board · Language power

Sound of Greenville (NC)

#189 by artist origin · combined 3.8 (US 1.2 / UK 0.2) · signature decade 2000s · Full sound profile →

Top artists: Petey Pablo

Number-one singles by Greenville (NC) artists1

Screen of Greenville (NC)

#345 by film pedigree · score 8.1 · 1 person in a century of top-grossing films and Oscar nominations · Full screen profile →

Leading figures: Murray Hamilton

Education & Research

Top 2000 Universities1 entry
#1042

East Carolina University

Greenville (NC), United States

Notable Infrastructure

Airport1 entry

Pitt-Greenville

Greenville (NC) • 4 - Regional