Greene County vs Perry County

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

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

Perry County has the higher population (8,231 vs 7,589 in Greene County). Perry County has the higher median household income ($34,368 vs $31,495 in Greene County). Perry County has the higher median home value ($87,700 vs $86,400 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Perry County
Population	7,589	8,231
Median age	44.4 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$31,495	$34,368
Median home value	$86,400	$87,700
Median gross rent	$429	$610
Housing units	4,258	3,961
Homeownership rate	69.7%	69.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	16.8%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	15.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Perry County
Population	8,324 → 7,589 (-8.8%)	9,293 → 8,231 (-11.4%)
Median household income	$24,145 → $31,495 (+30.4%)	$23,447 → $34,368 (+46.6%)
Median home value	$80,400 → $86,400 (+7.5%)	$65,000 → $87,700 (+34.9%)
Median gross rent	$612 → $429 (-29.9%)	$507 → $610 (+20.3%)

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

Perry County

Population

9,2938,231

Median household income

$23,447$34,368

Median home value

$65,000$87,700

Median gross rent

$507$610

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Perry County
Under 5	4.0%	6.3%
5 to 17	17.3%	15.0%
18 to 24	9.1%	15.4%
25 to 34	11.3%	6.2%
35 to 44	8.9%	10.2%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	13.8%	10.6%
75 and over	10.2%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Perry County
White (non-Hispanic)	17.6%	28.0%
Black or African American	81.5%	71.0%
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%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Perry County
No high school diploma	18.0%	17.8%
High school graduate	45.6%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	23.9%	22.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.5%	10.5%
Graduate or professional degree	5.0%	6.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Perry County
Drove alone	79.4%	80.7%
Carpooled	14.1%	10.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	3.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.1%	4.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Perry County
1-unit, detached	52.7%	53.1%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.1%
2 to 4 units	1.6%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	3.8%	0.3%
20 or more units	3.2%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	37.7%	30.2%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Perry County
Poverty rate	35.9%	31.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	29	25
Median year structure built	1982	1985