Greene County, Arkansas

Greene County has a population of 46,432 and has grown 3.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $169,300, about 2.9 times the county's median household income of $57,839.

Home price
$169,300
Income
$57,839
Population
46,432
Unemployment
5.9%

Housing

Home values, rent, property taxes, insurance and how local prices relate to local incomes.

Median home price$169,300county
Median gross rent$904county
Median year homes here were built1991county
Share of homes built before 198037.4%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile12.8%county
Share of homes that are vacant8.2%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented33.8%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.9%county
Typical monthly rent$1,065county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$905county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$772county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,259county
Home insurance / yr$3,733(statewide)

Money

Household earnings and buying power. Adjusted income restates local income using the statewide cost-of-living index.

Cost of living89.6(statewide)
Median household income$57,839county
Family health premium / yr$22,069(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$8,873(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.630(statewide)
Poverty rate17.4%county

Jobs

What people here do for work, who they work for, whether they work from home, and how much of the local economy sits in one industry.

Workers who work from home4.3%county
Unemployment rate5.9%county
Share of adults in the labor force59.1%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.9%county
Share of workers employed by government12.5%county
Share of workers in the largest industry26.3%county
Economic output per resident$43,536county

Taxes

State tax rules that can affect take-home pay, investments and everyday purchases.

Property tax rate0.48%county
Top state income tax3.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax1.85%(statewide)
Combined sales tax9.48%(statewide)

Transportation

Distance to air travel and how people get around locally. Distances are straight-line from the county's population-weighted centre, so driving is further.

Mean commute time22.8 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service77 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport2439366county
Miles to nearest general aviation field0.9 micounty
Airports with airline service located here0county
General aviation airfields located here1county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station24 micounty
Households without a vehicle5.2%county
Traffic deaths28.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-1.8(statewide)

Schools

Public schools and colleges counted where they actually sit, plus the education level of adults who live here. Students per teacher is a staffing measure, not a quality ranking.

Adults 25+ with a bachelor's degree or higher16.9%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher86.8%county
Public schools in the county15county
Public school enrollment7364county
Students per full-time teacher13.2county
Free lunch eligible72.6%county
Elementary schools7county
Middle schools4county
High schools3county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public0.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution3.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians50county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here2county
Fine particulate matter8.3 µgcounty
Without health insurance8.9%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year18.0%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year11.4%county
Frequent mental distress22.0%county
No leisure-time physical activity34.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes14.3%county

Place

Who lives here and what the place is like: population, age, migration, safety and civic profile.

Population46,432county
Land area in square miles577county
People per square mile of land80.4county
Supermarkets and grocery stores5county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store25.5%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract20.4%county
Population change since 2020+3.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents1county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents0county
Median age38.0 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1824.0%county
Share of residents 65 and over16.2%county
Share of households that are one person27.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States1.4%county
Second languages2.3%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls46.7%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents232county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents7county
Households that moved in1,124county
Households that moved away986county
Average income of arriving households$43,182county
Average income of departing households$38,361county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes8county
Housing units authorised in the latest year156county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings21.8%county
Violent crime rate579(statewide)

Weather

Measured annual temperature, precipitation and snowfall. These are climate facts, not a ranking.

Avg. annual temperature61.5°Fcounty
Annual precipitation50.4 incounty
Annual snowfall4.2 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.40 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F59 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing63 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 7bcounty
Frost-free days234 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMar 21county
Average first fall frostNov 10county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$131county
Electric utilities serving this county4county
Electricity price per kWh12.5¢county
Household electricity use1,162 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$23.99(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity74.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas12.1%county
Homes heated by propane9.9%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.6%county
Homes heated by wood1.8%county
Households with broadband87.1%county

Risk

Relative exposure to air pollution and natural hazards. Higher values indicate more measured risk, not a prediction.

Riverine flood risk63.2county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk90.4county
Landslide risk62.9county
Hail risk26.4county
Earthquake risk95.7county
Tornado risk87.9county
Tropical cyclone risk46.1county
Extreme heat risk91.0county
Winter weather risk76.3county
Strong wind risk61.5county
Wildfire risk30.0county

Sports

Major pro teams based here0county
NFL teams based here0county
NBA teams based here0county
MLB teams based here0county
NHL teams based here0county
MLS soccer teams based here0county
Top-division college football teams0county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams0county
AHL teams based here0county
ECHL teams based here0county

Figures marked county are measured for Greene County directly. The rest are published at state level only and show the Arkansas figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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