Greene County, Missouri

Greene County has a population of 303,375 and has grown 3.5% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $221,300, about 3.6 times the county's median household income of $61,479.

Home price
$221,300
Income
$61,479
Population
303,375
Unemployment
3.4%

Housing

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

Median home price$221,300county
Median gross rent$989county
Median year homes here were built1982county
Share of homes built before 198047.2%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile2.5%county
Share of homes that are vacant5.8%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented42.5%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use0.4%county
Typical monthly rent$1,264county
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,095county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$883county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,498county
Home insurance / yr$3,979(statewide)

Money

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

Cost of living89(statewide)
Median household income$61,479county
Family health premium / yr$23,831(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,173(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$3.668(statewide)
Poverty rate13.6%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 home11.4%county
Unemployment rate3.4%county
Share of adults in the labor force63.9%county
Share of workers who are self-employed5.2%county
Share of workers employed by government11.3%county
Share of workers in the largest industry25.5%county
Economic output per resident$80,655county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate0.71%county
Top state income tax4.70%(statewide)
Capital gains tax0.00%(statewide)
Combined sales tax8.44%(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 time19.6 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service5.7 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport702338county
Miles to nearest general aviation field4.0 micounty
Airports with airline service located here1county
General aviation airfields located here2county
Passenger train stations and the railway network0county
Miles to the nearest passenger rail station105 micounty
Households without a vehicle6.4%county
Traffic deaths29.0county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,0000.2(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 higher33.6%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher94.0%county
Public schools in the county90county
Public school enrollment38920county
Students per full-time teacher14.2county
Free lunch eligible47.6%county
Elementary schools50county
Middle schools18county
High schools10county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above9county
Share of local colleges that are public20.0%county
Two-year institutions1county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution2.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians93county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county4county
Hospitals here with an emergency department3county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here3county
Fine particulate matter7.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance10.4%county
Adults who were food insecure in the past year13.4%county
Adults who received food assistance in the past year10.2%county
Frequent mental distress17.7%county
No leisure-time physical activity23.3%county
Diagnosed diabetes10.1%county

Place

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

Population303,375county
Land area in square miles675county
People per square mile of land449.0county
Supermarkets and grocery stores41county
Convenience stores10county
Share living far from a food store17.9%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract9.8%county
Population change since 2020+3.5%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-0county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents2county
Median age36.4 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1820.8%county
Share of residents 65 and over17.2%county
Share of households that are one person33.2%county
Share of residents born outside the United States3.8%county
Second languages5.5%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls47.9%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents124county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents6county
Households that moved in8,923county
Households that moved away8,443county
Average income of arriving households$50,980county
Average income of departing households$55,462county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes7county
Housing units authorised in the latest year966county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings24.5%county
Violent crime rate462(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature57.7°Fcounty
Annual precipitation39.0 incounty
Annual snowfall16.9 incounty
Average daily solar energy4.31 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F46 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing92 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days197 dayscounty
Average last spring frostApr 13county
Average first fall frostOct 27county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$137county
Electric utilities serving this county5county
Electricity price per kWh12.0¢county
Household electricity use1,036 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$21.63(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity39.7%county
Homes heated by utility gas52.2%county
Homes heated by propane5.8%county
Homes heated by fuel oil0.1%county
Homes heated by wood1.2%county
Households with broadband86.7%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk88.8county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk44.4county
Landslide risk54.4county
Hail risk93.2county
Earthquake risk92.9county
Tornado risk94.9county
Tropical cyclone risk41.3county
Extreme heat risk98.1county
Winter weather risk97.2county
Strong wind risk87.1county
Wildfire risk72.4county

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 teams1county
Second-tier college football teams0county
Affiliated minor league baseball teams1county
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 Missouri figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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