Greene County vs Jefferson County

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

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

Jefferson County has the higher population (33,074 vs 30,954 in Greene County). Jefferson County has the higher median household income ($59,987 vs $59,753 in Greene County). Jefferson County has the higher median home value ($180,600 vs $129,900 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Jefferson County
Population	30,954	33,074
Median age	43.1 yrs	41.6 yrs
Median household income	$59,753	$59,987
Median home value	$129,900	$180,600
Median gross rent	$788	$865
Housing units	14,366	14,446
Homeownership rate	75.3%	69.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	18.1%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Jefferson County
Population	32,159 → 30,954 (-3.7%)	32,201 → 33,074 (+2.7%)
Median household income	$51,613 → $59,753 (+15.8%)	$52,718 → $59,987 (+13.8%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $129,900 (+33.1%)	$132,900 → $180,600 (+35.9%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $788 (+23.9%)	$742 → $865 (+16.6%)

Greene County

Population

32,15930,954

Median household income

$51,613$59,753

Median home value

$97,600$129,900

Median gross rent

$636$788

Jefferson County

Population

32,20133,074

Median household income

$52,718$59,987

Median home value

$132,900$180,600

Median gross rent

$742$865

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Jefferson County
Under 5	5.4%	5.4%
5 to 17	16.2%	14.7%
18 to 24	7.5%	9.7%
25 to 34	11.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	11.3%	12.3%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.3%
55 to 64	15.0%	14.5%
65 to 74	11.7%	11.6%
75 and over	8.2%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Jefferson County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	91.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	1.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.2%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Jefferson County
No high school diploma	11.9%	11.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	38.8%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	31.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Jefferson County
Drove alone	81.3%	84.4%
Carpooled	7.5%	6.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.2%	4.9%
Other means	1.7%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Jefferson County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	70.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	4.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.6%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	4.6%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.2%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	11.6%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Jefferson County
Poverty rate	13.3%	11.2%
Average household size	2.39	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	28	22
Median year structure built	1977	1972