Greenville is strongly conservative and has a Democratic representative in Congress. However, the city is politically segregated with clear Democratic and Republican enclaves, which commonly can be attributed to racial divides
Greenville's 10 to 14 year old population grew by 53% since 2010, making it one of the fastest growing cities for that segment in the United States where the average growth rate is 1%
Proportion of Population by Age Group vs. United States average7
Race and Ethnicity
Greenville residents are mostly white and the city is becoming less diverse as the white community has grown by 13.7% since 2010, while the Black community, 2nd largest in the city, has shrunk by 5.7%
Greenville has comfortable summers and cold, snowless winters with frequent rain. The temperature reaches 90°F or above 41 days per year with an average temperature in January of 42°F. There is at least some rain 116 days per year with 47 inches of annual rainfall
Greenville is an average tax location with sales tax 13% lower than the national average and property tax 49% lower than the national average, but income tax 20% higher than the national average.
Greenville is strongly conservative and has a Democratic representative in Congress. However, the city is politically segregated with clear Democratic and Republican enclaves, which commonly can be attributed to racial divides
The nearest 5-star hospital, St Francis-Downtown, is 0.0 miles from the center of Greenville, the nearest Veterans Affairs medical center, Asheville VA Medical Center, is 51.8 miles away, and the nearest top-rated hospital for cancer care, Levine Cancer Institute, is 91.0 miles away
In South Carolina, 45.0% of adults live in a household with at least one gun, which is a marginal decrease from 2000 when 49.2% of adults lived in households with guns
