City comparison
Collierville, TN is about 425 miles (650 km) from Greenville, SC in a straight line. By road, the drive is roughly 500 miles, or about 8 h 45 min behind the wheel at highway speeds.
Driving distance is a rough estimate (great-circle × 1.25); driving time assumes a 60 mph blended average. Real trips run 10–20% longer with stops.
A direct flight from Collierville, TN to Greenville, SC takes about 50 min, covering roughly 425 miles in a straight line. Connecting itineraries with a layover typically add 1–3 hours.
Block-to-block estimate at ~500 mph cruise, including taxi, climb, and descent — what an airline would publish, not pure airborne time.
Collierville, TN is on Central Time and Greenville, SC is on Eastern Time — a 1-hour difference. When it's noon in Collierville, it's 1 p.m. in Greenville, which puts Collierville 1 hours behind.
Standard-time offsets. Daylight saving applies in both cities for most of the year (exceptions: Hawaii and most of Arizona), and the gap between the two stays the same.
Greenville has a population of 70,838, vs 51,170 in Collierville — about 1.4× larger by population. By land area, Collierville covers about 37 sq mi vs 30 sq mi for Greenville.
Population from US Census ACS. Land area from the Census Gazetteer (city proper, excluding inland water).
Cost indices by category, with the US city average (100) marked.
Index: 100 = US city average. Lower is more affordable.
Side-by-side costs, salaries, and sub-category indices.
| Metric | Collierville | Greenville | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,488/mo | $1,173/mo | 26.9% higher in Collierville |
| Median home value | $409,000 | $403,300 | 1.4% higher in Collierville |
| Median household income | $129,729 | $65,519 | 98.0% higher in Collierville |
| Groceries index | 96.4 | 96.5 | ≈ equal (Greenville slightly higher) |
| Utilities index | 76.0 | 89.3 | 17.6% higher in Greenville |
| Transportation index | 95.8 | 98.5 | 2.8% higher in Greenville |
| Healthcare index | 95.3 | 98.0 | 2.8% higher in Greenville |
How much you'd need to earn in the other city to keep the same standard of living.
If you earn $100,000 in Collierville, you'd need $99,977 in Greenville to maintain your standard of living.
Climate, safety, and demographics side by side.
Collierville and Greenville have nearly identical overall cost-of-living indices. Housing costs are roughly 6% higher in Collierville than in Greenville. If you earn $80,000 in Collierville, you'd need about $79,982 in Greenville to keep the same standard of living.