Greene County vs Jackson County

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

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

Jackson County has the higher population (717,021 vs 301,121 in Greene County). Jackson County has the higher median household income ($67,178 vs $57,488 in Greene County). Jackson County has the higher median home value ($213,300 vs $203,500 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Jackson County
Population	301,121	717,021
Median age	36.4 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$57,488	$67,178
Median home value	$203,500	$213,300
Median gross rent	$940	$1,151
Housing units	137,930	333,385
Homeownership rate	56.9%	58.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	33.5%
Unemployment rate	3.5%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Jackson County
Population	289,756 → 301,121 (+3.9%)	696,216 → 717,021 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$46,086 → $57,488 (+24.7%)	$55,134 → $67,178 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$146,000 → $203,500 (+39.4%)	$147,400 → $213,300 (+44.7%)
Median gross rent	$767 → $940 (+22.6%)	$910 → $1,151 (+26.5%)

Greene County

Population

289,756301,121

Median household income

$46,086$57,488

Median home value

$146,000$203,500

Median gross rent

$767$940

Jackson County

Population

696,216717,021

Median household income

$55,134$67,178

Median home value

$147,400$213,300

Median gross rent

$910$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Jackson County
Under 5	5.6%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.3%	17.3%
18 to 24	13.0%	8.4%
25 to 34	14.1%	15.3%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.3%
45 to 54	11.0%	11.5%
55 to 64	11.7%	12.5%
65 to 74	9.7%	9.3%
75 and over	7.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Jackson County
White (non-Hispanic)	84.7%	59.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	22.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.3%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	4.7%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	11.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Jackson County
No high school diploma	6.7%	8.3%
High school graduate	28.2%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.4%	21.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Jackson County
Drove alone	77.5%	74.8%
Carpooled	8.3%	6.6%
Public transit	0.9%	1.4%
Walked	2.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.2%
Worked from home	10.0%	14.4%
Other means	0.9%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Jackson County
1-unit, detached	71.0%	66.5%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	4.6%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	9.2%	9.3%
20 or more units	9.7%	11.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Jackson County
Poverty rate	14.4%	13.8%
Average household size	2.21	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	20	23
Median year structure built	1982	1970