Greene County, Pennsylvania

Greene County has a population of 34,835 and has shrunk 5.7% since the 2020 census. The median home is worth $153,900, about 2.3 times the county's median household income of $68,041.

Home price
$153,900
Income
$68,041
Population
34,835
Unemployment
5.6%

Housing

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

Median home price$153,900county
Median gross rent$789county
Median year homes here were built1960county
Share of homes built before 198069.5%county
Share of homes that are manufactured or mobile16.2%county
Share of homes that are vacant11.6%county
Share of occupied homes that are rented22.9%county
Share of homes held for seasonal or occasional use1.1%county
Typical monthly rent$1,602(statewide)
HUD fair market rent, 2-bed$1,096county
HUD fair market rent, 1-bed$835county
HUD fair market rent, 3-bed$1,314county
Home insurance / yr$1,529(statewide)

Money

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

Cost of living97.2(statewide)
Median household income$68,041county
Family health premium / yr$25,241(statewide)
Infant childcare / yr$13,354(statewide)
Regular gas price / gal$4.117(statewide)
Poverty rate13.5%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 home7.0%county
Unemployment rate5.6%county
Share of adults in the labor force50.7%county
Share of workers who are self-employed4.0%county
Share of workers employed by government17.8%county
Share of workers in the largest industry27.3%county
Economic output per resident$132,742county

Taxes

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

Property tax rate1.27%county
Top state income tax3.07%(statewide)
Capital gains tax3.07%(statewide)
Combined sales tax6.34%(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 time29.2 mincounty
Miles to nearest airport with airline service19 micounty
Passengers boarding at the nearest airline airport8017county
Miles to nearest general aviation field1.9 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 station29 micounty
Households without a vehicle4.7%county
Traffic deaths57.4county
Change in traffic deaths per 100,000-2.3(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 higher21.7%county
Adults 25+ with a high school diploma or higher89.9%county
Public schools in the county12county
Public school enrollment4331county
Students per full-time teacher11.7county
Free lunch eligible64.4%county
Elementary schools5county
Middle schools1county
High schools6county
Institutions granting bachelor's degrees or above1county
Share of local colleges that are public100.0%county
Two-year institutions0county
Miles to the nearest bachelor's-granting institution4.0 micounty

Health

Primary care physicians45county
Medicare-certified hospitals in this county1county
Hospitals here with an emergency department1county
Average CMS star rating of hospitals here4(statewide)
Fine particulate matter6.5 µgcounty
Without health insurance4.5%county
Frequent mental distress17.5%county
No leisure-time physical activity26.0%county
Diagnosed diabetes12.0%county

Place

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

Population34,835county
Land area in square miles576county
People per square mile of land60.5county
Supermarkets and grocery stores4county
Convenience stores0county
Share living far from a food store9.3%county
Share living in a low-income, low-access tract0.0%county
Population change since 2020-5.7%county
Natural change per 1,000 residents-8county
Net international migration per 1,000 residents-0county
Median age43.3 yrscounty
Share of residents under 1818.9%county
Share of residents 65 and over20.6%county
Share of households that are one person28.5%county
Share of residents born outside the United States0.7%county
Second languages1.9%county
Share of residents on a religious body’s rolls36.2%county
Congregations per 100,000 residents234county
Net domestic migration per 1,000 residents0county
Households that moved in553county
Households that moved away559county
Average income of arriving households$51,067county
Average income of departing households$52,900county
Homes authorised per 1,000 existing homes2county
Housing units authorised in the latest year36county
Share of permitted homes in multifamily buildings0.0%county
Violent crime rate246(statewide)

Weather

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

Avg. annual temperature51.8°Fcounty
Annual precipitation38.7 incounty
Annual snowfall28.4 incounty
Average daily solar energy3.86 kWh/m²county
Days reaching 90°F8 dayscounty
Days at or below freezing120 dayscounty

Gardening

Plant hardiness zoneZone 6bcounty
Frost-free days173 dayscounty
Average last spring frostMay 3county
Average first fall frostOct 23county

Utilities

Average monthly electric bill$149county
Electric utilities serving this county1county
Electricity price per kWh17.4¢county
Household electricity use857 kWhcounty
Residential natural gas price$18.59(statewide)
Homes heated by electricity26.6%county
Homes heated by utility gas50.0%county
Homes heated by propane5.6%county
Homes heated by fuel oil12.0%county
Homes heated by wood3.5%county
Households with broadband86.2%county

Risk

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

Riverine flood risk74.3county
Coastal flood risk0.0county
Drought risk39.1county
Landslide risk91.2county
Hail risk62.1county
Earthquake risk39.0county
Tornado risk34.7county
Tropical cyclone risk63.3county
Extreme heat risk22.5county
Winter weather risk14.3county
Strong wind risk33.0county
Wildfire risk23.4county

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 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 Pennsylvania figure — see methodology for each source and its limits.

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