Greene County vs Snyder County

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

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

Snyder County has the higher population (39,711 vs 35,265 in Greene County). Snyder County has the higher median household income ($68,435 vs $66,870 in Greene County). Snyder County has the higher median home value ($205,500 vs $146,200 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Snyder County
Population	35,265	39,711
Median age	43.0 yrs	40.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,870	$68,435
Median home value	$146,200	$205,500
Median gross rent	$754	$890
Housing units	16,182	16,033
Homeownership rate	78.1%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Snyder County
Population	36,870 → 35,265 (-4.4%)	40,483 → 39,711 (-1.9%)
Median household income	$54,776 → $66,870 (+22.1%)	$58,997 → $68,435 (+16.0%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $146,200 (+19.0%)	$166,100 → $205,500 (+23.7%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $754 (+12.2%)	$727 → $890 (+22.4%)

Greene County

Population

36,87035,265

Median household income

$54,776$66,870

Median home value

$122,900$146,200

Median gross rent

$672$754

Snyder County

Population

40,48339,711

Median household income

$58,997$68,435

Median home value

$166,100$205,500

Median gross rent

$727$890

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Snyder County
Under 5	4.6%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.5%	15.4%
18 to 24	9.1%	12.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	11.0%
35 to 44	11.8%	10.7%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.1%	13.3%
65 to 74	12.3%	11.1%
75 and over	7.7%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Snyder County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.2%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.8%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Snyder County
No high school diploma	10.1%	15.7%
High school graduate	44.3%	43.0%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	19.9%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	12.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	8.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Snyder County
Drove alone	82.5%	73.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	9.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	2.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.4%
Worked from home	5.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Snyder County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	75.4%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	7.5%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	1.8%
20 or more units	1.8%	2.2%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	8.2%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Snyder County
Poverty rate	12.5%	8.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1960	1973