Allegany County vs Greene County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (47,554 vs 47,027 in Allegany County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($74,011 vs $61,233 in Allegany County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $97,900 in Allegany County).

Population, income & housing

	Allegany County	Greene County
Population	47,027	47,554
Median age	38.9 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$61,233	$74,011
Median home value	$97,900	$248,300
Median gross rent	$754	$993
Housing units	23,538	29,037
Homeownership rate	80.3%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.6%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	7.2%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Allegany County	Greene County
Population	46,688 → 47,027 (+0.7%)	47,424 → 47,554 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$48,412 → $61,233 (+26.5%)	$53,601 → $74,011 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$76,400 → $97,900 (+28.1%)	$176,300 → $248,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$658 → $754 (+14.6%)	$908 → $993 (+9.4%)

Allegany County

Population

46,68847,027

Median household income

$48,412$61,233

Median home value

$76,400$97,900

Median gross rent

$658$754

Greene County

Population

47,42447,554

Median household income

$53,601$74,011

Median home value

$176,300$248,300

Median gross rent

$908$993

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Allegany County	Greene County
Under 5	5.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	12.1%
18 to 24	16.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.3%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	10.5%	12.5%
55 to 64	13.6%	16.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	13.8%
75 and over	8.1%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Allegany County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	93.0%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more races	1.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	2.1%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Allegany County	Greene County
No high school diploma	8.4%	11.2%
High school graduate	35.0%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	32.0%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	12.7%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.8%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Allegany County	Greene County
Drove alone	75.0%	73.0%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	2.1%
Walked	7.7%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	7.6%	11.5%
Other means	1.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Allegany County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	72.8%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	0.6%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	3.1%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.2%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	16.4%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Allegany County	Greene County
Poverty rate	16.8%	11.0%
Average household size	2.48	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	23	29
Median year structure built	1965	1972