Greendale has lower unemployment (0.4%) than 98% of U.S. towns
Commuters spend 26 minutes getting to work on average, next to 24 for Indiana and 26 for the U.S. Jobs and income earn Greendale A−; getting around on foot earns it C. About one in ten work in Greendale itself; outside it, Lawrenceburg draws the most (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Greendale: the figures worth knowing
Greendale trades workers with the towns around it
Greendale has about as many jobs (1,921) as working residents (2,215), but they are mostly different people: 2,025 residents leave for work each day while 1,731 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Greendale are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Greendale makes and builds things
55% of the jobs based in Greendale are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Greendale residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Greendale has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Greendale went from 1,193 in 2013 to 1,921 in 2023, +61%. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Greendale
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Greendale is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #134 of 593 in Indiana. Unemployment holds Greendale’s grade up; the poverty rate pulls it down (10.2%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Greendale could be anywhere from B to A.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 2,025 residents head out to work, 190 work right here, and 1,731 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Making and building: 55% of jobs based in Greendale
1,921 jobs are based in Greendale.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Greendale, 2013 → 2023: 1,193 → 1,921. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greendale’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Greendale’s residents
Where Greendale clocks in
10% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
A commute of about 26 minutes in Greendale
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Greendale workers work from home, vs 11% across Indiana. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,737 commuters (the 5% who work from home are left out). Across Indiana: 85% drive alone, 1% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The distance from Greendale to work
About 22% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
In Greendale, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Greendale is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns, #380 of 593 in Indiana. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: hardly any commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 3.3% across Indiana.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,824 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service: no data. EPA’s transit file has no stops for most of this county (its agencies had not published schedules in the format EPA used in 2020). That is missing data, not a finding that there is no bus or train.
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 10.6% of Greendale households have no vehicle (Indiana 6.2%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Greendale’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 3,200 to 6,200, Greendale ranks 985th of 3,938 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 91 | Milan Township IN | 4,066 | $120K | 1.3% | 0.0% | 9% | A+ |
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| 128 | Hidden Valley IN | 5,706 | $121K | 1.9% | 1.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 132 | Georgetown IN | 3,855 | $113K | 2.1% | 1.4% | 2% | A+ |
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| 983 | Loch Lomond VA | 4,606 | $114K | 4.2% | 8.6% | 1% | A− |
| 984 | Breckenridge CO | 5,015 | $138K | 8.3% | 0.5% | 41% | A− |
| 985 | Greendale IN | 4,598 | $75K | 10.2% | 0.4% | 9% | A− |
| 986 | St. Helena CA | 5,194 | $149K | 5.1% | 4.6% | 27% | A− |
| 987 | Clear Creek Township IN | 5,228 | $84K | 3.2% | 2.7% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,938 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Greendale, the top three, the last and three more from Indiana.
Bordering towns draw 20% of Greendale’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Greendale workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greendale | – | A− | C | 26 min | $74,980 |
| Lawrenceburg | 18% | B− | A− | 20 min | $51,250 |
| Hidden Valley | under 2% | A+ | D | 30 min | $121,208 |
| Lawrenceburg Township | 2% | B+ | B+ | 24 min | $72,665 |
| Miller Township | under 2% | A+ | D | 29 min | $112,634 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Lawrenceburg. Darker towns draw more of Greendale’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Greendale: questions
What is the median household income in Greendale?
$74,980 (±$15,619) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $71,957 across Indiana and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Greendale?
10.2%, against 12.3% across Indiana and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Greendale?
26 minutes each way on average, against 24 across Indiana and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Greendale work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Lawrenceburg (18%, 4 mi), Cincinnati (10%, 17 mi), Indianapolis (4%, 83 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Greendale walkable?
Greendale is more walkable than 34% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 8.1 out of 20, and 0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Greendale without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Greendale, from the people who make the trip.
More of Greendale
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.