GreendaleIN
Trash & recyclingIs Greendale a good place to live?
Greendale gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $281K, 3.5 years of the Cincinnati metro’s $81K median household income. It grades A overall, 92nd among Indiana's 585 graded towns. On the plus side, the median household earns $75K. Only 2 of the 570 Indiana towns we compare have a lower median rent than Greendale. Greendale Historic District is on the National Register of Historic Places. Greendale's schools outperform 68% of the state's.
What makes Greendale stand out
Where Greendale beats most towns.
How Greendale grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Greendale is from typical.
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Creation Museum and 50 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greendale. Close and well known come first.
5 mi MuseumCreation Museum1.2M visitors a year
Big draw33 mi Theme parkKings Island3.5M visitors a year
Big draw39 mi Theme parkArk Encounter
17 mi Stadium & arenaPaycor Stadium
18 mi Stadium & arenaGreat American Ball Park
17 mi Stadium & arenaNippert StadiumPhoto credits
Creation Museum: Creashin at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Kings Island: Eli Duke from Portland, OR, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Ark Encounter: OlinEJ, CC0 · Paycor Stadium: JonRidinger, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Great American Ball Park: Eric Kilby profile at Flickr website, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Nippert Stadium: Ben Levin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Moving to Greendale: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greendale, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Greendale.
Greendale sends many workers across the state line to Cincinnati and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
| Greendale | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.4 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.3% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greendale Park | — | 7 |
| 2. Oakey Park | — | 2 |
| 3. Homestead Park | — | 2 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Greendale has four seasons and pleasant summers
Greendale has chilly winters and warm summers. Greendale’s July high is 86°F, above Indiana’s towns (84°F) and close to U.S. towns (85°F).
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents commute out of Greendale
42% of working residents cross a state line to work, Cincinnati among the top destinations. Greendale has about as many jobs (1,921) as working residents, but only 190 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Greendale for work: only 9% work in town. Since 2013, Greendale has added 728 jobs, to 1,921 in 2023. The top destinations are Lawrenceburg (18%), Cincinnati (10%) and Indianapolis (4%).
| Greendale | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 26 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Working residents who work in town | 8.6% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greendale faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 61% of U.S. communities. Since 1997, 4 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greendale.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
For cost of living, Greendale earns an A
87% of Greendale households own their home, above both the Indiana town median (76%) and the median of U.S. towns (73%). Typical home values rose 6.5% in the year to September 2026.
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
An age mix much like Indiana’s
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. 24% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 30% across Indiana.
| Greendale | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 24% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 19% | 18% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.6 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Greendale | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.1% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11.2% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 6.9% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 12% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 7.1% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 39.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.4% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.5% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 3.3% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,600, single groups can be off by several points
Greendale is less healthy than 53% of U.S. towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 69% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Greendale beats the Indiana average on 2 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 31% of Greendale adults feel lonely.
| Greendale | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 32% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 17% | 14% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 26% | 23% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Greendale | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 11.8% | 14.7% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 7% | 8.4% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 19.3% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Greendale
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Greendale
About 3 of every 100 Greendale residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Greendale
City in Indiana, United States
Greendale is a city in Lawrenceburg Township, Dearborn County, Indiana, United States. The population was 4,602 at the 2020 census.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Established
- 1852
- Area
- 5.8 sq mi
- Elevation
- 528 ft
- Area code
- 812
Greendale’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Greendale.
All 4 graded towns on its borders grade higher than its A; Lawrenceburg (A) is closest.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale | #92 | A | A | — | B+ | B− |
| Lawrenceburg | #50 | A | A− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Hidden Valley | #20 | A+ | A− | — | A− | B+ |
| Lawrenceburg Township | #27 | A+ | A | — | B+ | B |
| Miller Township | #21 | A+ | A | — | A− | B |
Greendale, Hidden Valley, Lawrenceburg Township and Miller Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greendale with a neighbor →
Questions about Greendale
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greendale, IN a good place to live?
By most measures, yes. Greendale grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #92 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B− for health and B+ for schools.
Is Greendale, IN expensive?
Not for the area. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades A.