Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

Safety46#495/924
Economy16#778/925
Housing90#94/925
Health3#897/925
Healthcare24#699/923
Environment76#218/917
Education15#785/925
Infrastructure6#865/925
Community5#876/925
Leisure & amenities15#790/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Greeneville, TN micropolitan area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Homicide rate · low0.0 /100k
93/100Tennessee 7.1 /100kUnited States 4.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Effective property tax rate · low0.42%
93/100Tennessee 0.52%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Severe housing problems · low10.1%
90/100Tennessee 13.3%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Pharmacies · high2.3 /10k
88/100Tennessee 1.9 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsAggregated from counties
Mammography screening · high54.0%
86/100Tennessee 46.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Rent as share of income · low26.1%
83/100Tennessee 29.5%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Weaknesses

Depression · high31.0%
2/100Tennessee 29.0%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties
Frequent mental distress · high21.9%
2/100Tennessee 22.0%United States 18.6%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Adult smoking · high21.3%
4/100Tennessee 21.0%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Broadband subscriptions · low80.0%
5/100Tennessee 89.2%United States 91.0%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B28002
Injury deaths · high143 /100k
5/100Tennessee 122 /100kUnited States 87 /100k2019-2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAggregated from counties
Drug overdose deaths · high37.2 /100k
5/100Tennessee 27.1 /100kUnited States 18.4 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAggregated from counties

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 41% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+41 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
35.8% (2010 & 2021) → 56.7% (2022 & 2024)
+21 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Homicide rateImproving
3.9 /100k (2021) → 0.0 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
New business applicationsImproving
5.2 /1k (2020) → 9.7 /1k (2025)
+84%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Property crime rateImproving
1,889 /100k (2020) → 1,002 /100k (2025)
−47%5 yearsUS 1,929 /100k → 1,535 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
71.6% (2015-2019) → 80.0% (2020-2024)
+8.5 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Greeneville, TN micropolitan area improved on 11 of 30 measures with a comparison and declined on 9. 7 moved within the margin of error and 3 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among metro and micro areas: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved11

Homicides−100%3.8 /100k → 0.0 /100k
New businesses+84%5.2 /1k → 9.7 /1k
Suicides−17%19.9 /100k → 16.5 /100k
Child poverty−5.5 points25.5% → 20.1%
Weekly wage+27%$791 → $1,004

Declined9

Overdose deaths+118%17.1 /100k → 37.2 /100k
Commute+2.9 min23.0 min → 26.0 min
Price / income+0.8×2.9× → 3.7×
Libraries−5.8%0.4 /10k → 0.4 /10k
Restaurants−7.2%5.4 /10k → 5.0 /10k

All 30 measures

Change of every measure of Greeneville, TN micropolitan area between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.8 /10k2020	2.2 /10k2025	+17%	Improved	69%
Average commute time	23.0 min2015-2019	26.0 min2020-2024	+2.9 min	Declined	6%
Average weekly wage	$7912020	$1,0042025	+27%	Improved	79%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%2015-2019	18.7%2020-2024	+2 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Broadband subscriptions	71.6%2015-2019	80.0%2020-2024	+8.5 points	Improved	45%
Child poverty rate	25.5%2015-2019	20.1%2020-2024	−5.5 points	Improved	80%
Distance to an airport	54 mi2020	54 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	17.1 /100k2020	37.2 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	+118%	Declined	2%
Effective property tax rate	0.50%2015-2019	0.42%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	35%
Firearm deaths	14.2 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+16%	Declined	28%
Grocery stores	2.1 /10k2020	1.9 /10k2025	−11%	Declined	22%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.6 /10k2020	0.5 /10k2025	−4.7%	Little change	30%
High school diploma or higher	84.7%2015-2019	88.1%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	86%
Home price to income ratio	2.9×2015-2019	3.7×2020-2024	+0.8×	Declined	19%
Homicide rate	3.8 /100k2020	0.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−100%	Improved	95%
Income adjusted for local prices	$43,5542019	$56,7402024	+30%	Improved	38%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4782015-2019	0.4692020-2024	−0.009	Within the margin of error	76%
Median household income	$42,5952015-2019	$56,1942020-2024	+32%	Improved	75%
New business applications	5.2 /1k2020	9.7 /1k2025	+84%	Improved	89%
Pharmacies	2.7 /10k2020	2.3 /10k2025	−15%	Declined	33%
Poverty rate	16.7%2015-2019	15.4%2020-2024	−1.3 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Property crime rate	1,889 /100k2020	1,002 /100k2025	−47%	Improved	81%
Public libraries	0.4 /10k2019	0.4 /10k2024	−5.8%	Declined	22%
Rent as share of income	27.2%2015-2019	26.1%2020-2024	−1.1 points	Within the margin of error	78%
Rent-burdened households	41.8%2015-2019	42.1%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Restaurants and bars	5.4 /10k2020	5.0 /10k2025	−7.2%	Declined	19%
Suicide rate	19.9 /100k2020	16.5 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−17%	Improved	84%
Traffic deaths	23.5 /100k2015-2019	26.8 /100k2020-2024	+14%	Declined	37%
Unemployment rate	8.2%2020	4.7%2025	−3.5 points	Improved	64%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	11.9%2015-2019	11.6%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	52%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 675 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 925 metro and micro areas that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Metro and micro areas like Greeneville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greeneville, TN micropolitan area in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Greeneville, TN micropolitan area itself moved +0.6 points in standing on average over the same 29 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

71,628 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

28,400 households (±568)

Greeneville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Under $25k22%6,107
$25k–50k23%6,645
$50k–75k18%5,198

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

28,400 households (±568)

Greeneville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Own77%21,899
Rent23%6,501

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+3.1 points).

Table view

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

29,009 workers (±831)

Greeneville, TN micropolitan area
United States share

Drive alone81%23,370
Carpool9.0%2,611
Public transit0.1%†26

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes no occupation wages for Greeneville, TN micropolitan area.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Greeneville, TN has 1,257 employer establishments, 173 for every 10,000 residents (0.70× the US rate of 248), with 23,957 paid employees at an average annual pay of $46,881. The Census Bureau also counts 5,044 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,257; 5,044 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 173; US 248
Paid employees: 23,957
Average annual pay: $46,881; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Greeneville, TN by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	112	15.4	0.84×About typical	2,076	$18,341	28
Ambulatory health care services	98	13.5	0.65×Fewer than typical	980	$53,218	144
Specialty trade contractors	84	11.6	0.75×Fewer than typical	524	$52,286	649
Limited-service restaurants	58	8	1.00×About typical	1,448	$17,842	5
Religious organizations	58	8	1.44×More than typical	345	$19,412	—
Gasoline stations	52	7.2	2.21×More than typical	459	$25,168	—
Full-service restaurants	44	6.1	0.79×Fewer than typical	553	$19,984	14
Lessors of real estate	38	5.2	0.43×Fewer than typical	184	$40,897	331
Offices of physicians	33	4.6	0.70×Fewer than typical	250	$67,152	31
Services to buildings and dwellings	33	4.6	0.67×Fewer than typical	164	$33,524	505
Automotive repair and maintenance	30	4.1	0.82×About typical	169	$49,515	79
Truck transportation	29	4	0.79×Fewer than typical	2,096	$67,085	146

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 72,518 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
A metro area's figures are the exact sums of its counties.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.8M on contracts performed in Greeneville, TN micropolitan area: $52.07 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $3.8M; −93% vs FY2025
Per resident: $52.07; US $1,994
Sole-source: 9.3%; US 30%
Single offer: 17%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Federal Highway Administration$1.2M31%
Public Buildings Service$479.2K12%
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration$381.7K9.9%
Department of the Navy$366.5K9.5%
National Park Service$361.1K9.4%
Department of Veterans Affairs$280.2K7.3%
National Institutes of Health$166.6K4.3%
Agricultural Research Service$135.7K3.5%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

118.9MFY2017
118.8MFY2018
104.5MFY2019
130.4MFY2020
123.3MFY2021
140.5MFY2022
94MFY2023
86.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$1.7M43%
Highway, street, and bridge construction · 2373$1.2M31%
Facilities support services · 5612$459.9K12%
Building equipment contractors · 2382$318.5K8.3%
Nonferrous metal (except aluminum) production and processing · 3314$69.1K1.8%
Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities) · 6231

Largest awards

DELIVERY ORDER 03 NGATS SPARE PARTS$15M
TEVET LLC· Greene County, TN· Other equipment & supplies· Mar 8, 2024 – Jun 8, 2026· W15QKN24F0148
ISSUE DELIVERY ORDER FOR AWARD OF PRODUCTION QUANTITY OF MK76-5 PRACTICE BOMB (NSN: 1325-01-071-2561), BDU-33 D/B PRACTICE BOMB (NSN: 1325-01-054-2906), 25LB BOMB SUSPENSION LUG (NSN: 1325-01-236-8604)$10.6M
DELFASCO, LLC· Greene County, TN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Aug 19, 2025 – Dec 17, 2025· W519TC25F0207
MISSION CONTROL UNIT$7.9M
TEVET LLC· Greene County, TN· Weapons, aircraft, ships & vehicles· Dec 19, 2024 – Jun 4, 2026· W912CH25F0085
PROVIDE CPZ BLANKS.

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $544M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Greeneville, TN micropolitan area: $7,369 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $544M; −9.1% vs FY2025
Per resident: $7,369; US $12,955
Loan face value: $23.1M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$337.5M62%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$71.2M13%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$57.9M11%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$32.8M6.0%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$16.2M3.0%
64.110 · Veterans Dependency and Indemnity Compensation for Service-Connected Death$4.7M0.9%
10.691 · Good Neighbor Authority$3.1M0.6%
57.001 · Social Insurance for Railroad Workers$2.6M0.5%

Top recipients (organizations)

TUSCULUM UNIVERSITY$3.6M0.7%
GREENEVILLE, TN
TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION$3.3M0.6%
NASHVILLE, TN
GREENE COUNTY TRUSTEE$2.5M0.5%
GREENEVILLE, TN
PLAZA TOWERS PRESERVATION LP$886.1K0.2%
GREENEVILLE, TN
FRONTIER HEALTH$737.2K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$457.7M84%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$64.7M12%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$4.1M0.8%
Farm Service Agency$3.3M0.6%
Department of Agriculture
Federal Highway Administration$3.3M0.6%

Assistance by fiscal year

456.7MFY2021
478.8MFY2022
499.8MFY2023
526.4MFY2024
598.4MFY2025
544MFY2026

County aggregates

97%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

Counties in Greeneville, TN

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

Greene CountyCentral county2573,831

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

GreenevillePrincipal city15,646

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Areas based in Tennessee, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-09-29
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Improved11

Declined9

Metro and micro areas like Greeneville, TN micropolitan area five years ago that improved

Who lives here

Age and sex

Income

Household income

Homes

Owners and renters

Getting to work

How people get to work

Jobs and pay

Local businesses

Federal contract spending

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

Federal grants & assistance

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

Counties in Greeneville, TN

Principal cities

Largest cities and towns

Other metro and micro areas in Tennessee

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Similar metro and micro areas

Data and sources

Improved11

Declined9

Age and sex

Household income

Owners and renters

How people get to work

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

Time to get to work

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

Assistance by fiscal year

County aggregates

By type

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

What was bought