Greene County vs Ripley County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (30,954 vs 29,039 in Ripley County). Ripley County has the higher median household income ($71,084 vs $59,753 in Greene County). Ripley County has the higher median home value ($205,300 vs $129,900 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Ripley County
Population	30,954	29,039
Median age	43.1 yrs	40.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,753	$71,084
Median home value	$129,900	$205,300
Median gross rent	$788	$799
Housing units	14,366	12,398
Homeownership rate	75.3%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	19.4%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Ripley County
Population	32,159 → 30,954 (-3.7%)	28,391 → 29,039 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$51,613 → $59,753 (+15.8%)	$56,332 → $71,084 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$97,600 → $129,900 (+33.1%)	$152,100 → $205,300 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	$636 → $788 (+23.9%)	$693 → $799 (+15.3%)

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

Ripley County

Population

28,39129,039

Median household income

$56,332$71,084

Median home value

$152,100$205,300

Median gross rent

$693$799

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Ripley County
Under 5	5.4%	6.1%
5 to 17	16.2%	17.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	8.0%
25 to 34	11.8%	11.4%
35 to 44	11.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.0%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.9%
75 and over	8.2%	7.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Ripley County
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	94.7%
Black or African American	0.4%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Ripley County
No high school diploma	11.9%	9.4%
High school graduate	39.7%	42.2%
Some college or associate's	33.8%	29.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.6%	7.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Ripley County
Drove alone	81.3%	82.7%
Carpooled	7.5%	7.7%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.7%	3.1%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.2%	6.0%
Other means	1.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Ripley County
1-unit, detached	75.2%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	5.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	17.1%	7.5%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Ripley County
Poverty rate	13.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.51
Mean commute (minutes)	28	28
Median year structure built	1977	1977