Greene vs Parkersburg

A side-by-side comparison of Greene and Parkersburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Greene and Parkersburg are places in Iowa. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Parkersburg has the higher population (1,747 vs 1,390 in Greene). Parkersburg has the higher median household income ($73,482 vs $54,298 in Greene). Parkersburg has the higher median home value ($200,000 vs $125,200 in Greene).

Population, income & housing

	Greene	Parkersburg
Population	1,390	1,747
Median age	38.3 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	$54,298	$73,482
Median home value	$125,200	$200,000
Median gross rent	$898	$695
Housing units	665	886
Homeownership rate	70.1%	80.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	29.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene	Parkersburg
Population	1,026 → 1,390 (+35.5%)	1,940 → 1,747 (-9.9%)
Median household income	$48,281 → $54,298 (+12.5%)	$55,304 → $73,482 (+32.9%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $125,200 (+38.3%)	$153,800 → $200,000 (+30.0%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $898 (+54.3%)	$572 → $695 (+21.5%)

Greene

Population

1,0261,390

Median household income

$48,281$54,298

Median home value

$90,500$125,200

Median gross rent

$582$898

Parkersburg

Population

1,9401,747

Median household income

$55,304$73,482

Median home value

$153,800$200,000

Median gross rent

$572$695

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene	Parkersburg
Under 5	6.1%	4.8%
5 to 17	17.2%	17.9%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.8%
25 to 34	17.5%	6.6%
35 to 44	6.7%	12.5%
45 to 54	5.8%	16.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	14.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	8.9%
75 and over	15.8%	12.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene	Parkersburg
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	93.9%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	2.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene	Parkersburg
No high school diploma	4.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	31.4%	29.4%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	36.5%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	20.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	8.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene	Parkersburg
Drove alone	71.7%	86.1%
Carpooled	15.4%	3.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	9.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene	Parkersburg
1-unit, detached	86.0%	78.4%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	9.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	5.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.0%

Poverty & households

	Greene	Parkersburg
Poverty rate	14.6%	7.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1952	1977