Greenville, NC: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Greenville ( GREEN-vil; locally GREEN-vəl) is the county seat of and the most populous city in Pitt County, North Carolina, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 87,521. Greenville's estimated 2025 population is 96,184. It is the principal city of the Greenville, N.C., Metropolitan Statistical Area, and the 12th-most populous city in North Carolina. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain. The city has been experiencing an economic and population boom since the 1990s. Many major companies have moved their regional, national, and international headquarters to Greenville. Companies include Grady-White Boat…

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How Greenville ranks

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#24Shortest commute in NC #45Most walkable in NC #36Most trails in NC All NC rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code27833, 27834, 27835

Area code252

Living in Greenville

Housing in Greenville

$237K▲ 1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Greenville home is worth about $237,000, up 1% in a year, 29% below the North Carolina typical home.

A seller's market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market43

Sale-to-list98.2%

Sold in May99

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Safety in Greenville

D

Safety Grade D

Greenville reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 89% report less. Within North Carolina, it does better than 34% of towns.

Violent crime per 1,000

Greenville 4.4

North Carolina 3.3

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Greenville 23.5

North Carolina 18.1

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Greenville

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School Grade C+

The public schools Greenville’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

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DistrictPitt County SchoolsSchools27

Eastern Elementary BElementary · Grades K–5 · 833 students Lakeforest Elementary C-Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 821 students Wintergreen Intermediate AElementary · Grades 3–5 · 821 students Wintergreen PrimaryElementary · Grades PK–2 · 786 students Ridgewood Elementary B+Elementary · Grades PK–5 · 700 students Winterville Charter Academy B-Elementary · Grades K–8 · 624 students

School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NC. Ratings are from neighbors.

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