Greene County vs Wyoming County

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

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

Greene County has the higher population (35,265 vs 26,075 in Wyoming County). Wyoming County has the higher median household income ($70,268 vs $66,870 in Greene County). Wyoming County has the higher median home value ($205,600 vs $146,200 in Greene County).

Population, income & housing

	Greene County	Wyoming County
Population	35,265	26,075
Median age	43.0 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$66,870	$70,268
Median home value	$146,200	$205,600
Median gross rent	$754	$897
Housing units	16,182	12,858
Homeownership rate	78.1%	76.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.1%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greene County	Wyoming County
Population	36,870 → 35,265 (-4.4%)	27,327 → 26,075 (-4.6%)
Median household income	$54,776 → $66,870 (+22.1%)	$59,415 → $70,268 (+18.3%)
Median home value	$122,900 → $146,200 (+19.0%)	$167,900 → $205,600 (+22.5%)
Median gross rent	$672 → $754 (+12.2%)	$799 → $897 (+12.3%)

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

Wyoming County

Population

27,32726,075

Median household income

$59,415$70,268

Median home value

$167,900$205,600

Median gross rent

$799$897

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greene County	Wyoming County
Under 5	4.6%	4.6%
5 to 17	14.5%	14.7%
18 to 24	9.1%	8.5%
25 to 34	12.3%	10.8%
35 to 44	11.8%	11.1%
45 to 54	13.5%	12.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.3%	13.4%
75 and over	7.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greene County	Wyoming County
White (non-Hispanic)	91.6%	93.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greene County	Wyoming County
No high school diploma	10.1%	7.6%
High school graduate	44.3%	45.6%
Some college or associate's	24.5%	25.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.8%	13.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greene County	Wyoming County
Drove alone	82.5%	80.5%
Carpooled	8.1%	8.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.1%
Walked	2.0%	2.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	5.8%	7.7%
Other means	1.3%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greene County	Wyoming County
1-unit, detached	70.1%	78.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	6.5%	5.0%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	2.4%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	16.5%	10.8%

Poverty & households

	Greene County	Wyoming County
Poverty rate	12.5%	11.4%
Average household size	2.27	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1960	1973