Greene vs Shell Rock

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

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

Shell Rock has the higher population (1,634 vs 1,390 in Greene). Shell Rock has the higher median household income ($70,556 vs $54,298 in Greene). Shell Rock has the higher median home value ($159,100 vs $125,200 in Greene).

Population, income & housing

	Greene	Shell Rock
Population	1,390	1,634
Median age	38.3 yrs	36.8 yrs
Median household income	$54,298	$70,556
Median home value	$125,200	$159,100
Median gross rent	$898	$750
Housing units	665	666
Homeownership rate	70.1%	82.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.2%	17.8%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene	Shell Rock
Population	1,026 → 1,390 (+35.5%)	1,445 → 1,634 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$48,281 → $54,298 (+12.5%)	$57,750 → $70,556 (+22.2%)
Median home value	$90,500 → $125,200 (+38.3%)	$118,900 → $159,100 (+33.8%)
Median gross rent	$582 → $898 (+54.3%)	$548 → $750 (+36.9%)

Greene

Population

1,0261,390

Median household income

$48,281$54,298

Median home value

$90,500$125,200

Median gross rent

$582$898

Shell Rock

Population

1,4451,634

Median household income

$57,750$70,556

Median home value

$118,900$159,100

Median gross rent

$548$750

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene	Shell Rock
Under 5	6.1%	8.6%
5 to 17	17.2%	19.8%
18 to 24	6.0%	7.4%
25 to 34	17.5%	12.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	14.0%
45 to 54	5.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	10.6%	10.5%
65 to 74	14.2%	10.0%
75 and over	15.8%	7.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene	Shell Rock
White (non-Hispanic)	92.1%	94.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.5%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.7%	4.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene	Shell Rock
No high school diploma	4.7%	10.3%
High school graduate	31.4%	33.0%
Some college or associate's	35.7%	39.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	12.4%
Graduate or professional degree	4.0%	5.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene	Shell Rock
Drove alone	71.7%	90.3%
Carpooled	15.4%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.9%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene	Shell Rock
1-unit, detached	86.0%	87.7%
1-unit, attached	0.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.7%	6.5%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	4.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Greene	Shell Rock
Poverty rate	14.6%	6.0%
Average household size	2.31	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	28	24
Median year structure built	1952	1955