Greene County vs Lowndes County

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

Greene County and Lowndes County are counties in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Lowndes County has the higher population (10,008 vs 7,589 in Greene County). Lowndes County has the higher median household income ($35,160 vs $31,495 in Greene County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($86,400 vs $80,600 in Lowndes County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Lowndes County
Population	7,589	10,008
Median age	44.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$31,495	$35,160
Median home value	$86,400	$80,600
Median gross rent	$429	$663
Housing units	4,258	4,827
Homeownership rate	69.7%	77.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	13.9%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Lowndes County
Population	8,324 → 7,589 (-8.8%)	10,079 → 10,008 (-0.7%)
Median household income	$24,145 → $31,495 (+30.4%)	$30,036 → $35,160 (+17.1%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $86,400 (+7.5%)	$70,000 → $80,600 (+15.1%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $429 (-29.9%)	$586 → $663 (+13.1%)

Greene County

Population

8,3247,589

Median household income

$24,145$31,495

Median home value

$80,400$86,400

Median gross rent

$612$429

Lowndes County

Population

10,07910,008

Median household income

$30,036$35,160

Median home value

$70,000$80,600

Median gross rent

$586$663

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Lowndes County
Under 5	4.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	17.3%	16.2%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.1%
25 to 34	11.3%	11.9%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.7%
45 to 54	9.8%	11.9%
55 to 64	15.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	13.8%	11.6%
75 and over	10.2%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Lowndes County
White (non-Hispanic)	17.6%	24.5%
Black or African American	81.5%	74.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.8%
Hispanic or Latino	0.8%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Lowndes County
No high school diploma	18.0%	16.8%
High school graduate	45.6%	44.0%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	9.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	4.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Lowndes County
Drove alone	79.4%	85.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	7.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	2.4%
Other means	0.1%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Lowndes County
1-unit, detached	52.7%	55.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	1.6%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	37.7%	35.6%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Lowndes County
Poverty rate	35.9%	29.6%
Average household size	2.46	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	29	32
Median year structure built	1982	1990