Delaware County vs Greene County

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

Delaware 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 44,551 in Delaware County). Greene County has the higher median household income ($74,011 vs $60,226 in Delaware County). Greene County has the higher median home value ($248,300 vs $176,200 in Delaware County).

Population, income & housing

	Delaware County	Greene County
Population	44,551	47,554
Median age	48.8 yrs	47.4 yrs
Median household income	$60,226	$74,011
Median home value	$176,200	$248,300
Median gross rent	$848	$993
Housing units	30,038	29,037
Homeownership rate	76.7%	77.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.7%	28.9%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Delaware County	Greene County
Population	44,995 → 44,551 (-1.0%)	47,424 → 47,554 (+0.3%)
Median household income	$49,544 → $60,226 (+21.6%)	$53,601 → $74,011 (+38.1%)
Median home value	$139,300 → $176,200 (+26.5%)	$176,300 → $248,300 (+40.8%)
Median gross rent	$691 → $848 (+22.7%)	$908 → $993 (+9.4%)

Delaware County

Population

44,99544,551

Median household income

$49,544$60,226

Median home value

$139,300$176,200

Median gross rent

$691$848

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)

	Delaware County	Greene County
Under 5	4.1%	4.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	12.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	9.6%	12.0%
35 to 44	10.5%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	16.5%	16.4%
65 to 74	14.8%	13.8%
75 and over	10.8%	9.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Delaware County	Greene County
White (non-Hispanic)	89.7%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	4.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	4.7%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Delaware County	Greene County
No high school diploma	9.6%	11.2%
High school graduate	37.1%	32.7%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.6%	17.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.1%	11.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Delaware County	Greene County
Drove alone	72.3%	73.0%
Carpooled	7.9%	8.5%
Public transit	0.9%	2.1%
Walked	6.3%	3.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.4%
Worked from home	11.4%	11.5%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Delaware County	Greene County
1-unit, detached	75.9%	75.3%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	8.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	12.1%	6.8%

Poverty & households

	Delaware County	Greene County
Poverty rate	14.9%	11.0%
Average household size	2.24	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1971	1972