Greene TownshipIN
A town of 2,947.
Is Greene Township a good place to live?
Greene Township gives you more for your money than most places: a typical home costs about $210K, 3.1 years of the South Bend metro’s $67K median household income. It grades C+ overall, 431st of 585 graded towns in Indiana. The low prices come with trade-offs. Its public schools trail 82% of Indiana towns on state tests and graduation. On the plus side, natural-hazard risk is low. Greene Township’s typical journey to work is 37 minutes, against 24 minutes in Indiana’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 98% of U.S. towns. Only 31 of Indiana’s 1,043 towns score lower on civic life.
What makes Greene Township stand out
Where Greene Township beats most towns.
97% of working residents leave Greene Township for work
Where Greene Township’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Greene Township grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Greene Township is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 95% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 2%), so the C+ overall blends very different results.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Greene Township: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greene Township, 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 Greene Township.
Greene Township looks healthier within Indiana than nationally, but it has commutes longer than most of Indiana.
Conservation land takes up 0.9% of Greene Township
In 1 park or preserve, walkers have 17 miles of trail. Greene Township has one park or preserve, 3 acres in all. The trail network density here is 0.5 miles per square mile.
| Greene Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.5 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 0.9% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Potato Creek State Park | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Natural hazards: very low risk in Greene Township, mostly inland flooding
Expected damage from storms and floods is lower here than in 91% of U.S. communities. FEMA puts 49% of Greene Township’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 22% to cold waves. The national flood insurance program has paid one claim here since 2018.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Greene Township stands out in Indiana and nationally: the median age there is higher
Indiana has 30% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 37%. 17% of residents are under 18 in Greene Township. People 65 and older are 30% of residents (17% statewide); adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (23% statewide).
| Greene Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.9 years | 39.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 17% | 23% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 22% | 29% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.4 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women.
| Greene Township | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 6.3% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.3% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.5% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 4.4% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 14.9% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 22.8% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.4% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 5.3% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24.3% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.4% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 11.5% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 14.8% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,900, single groups can be off by several points
Greene Township has 0.5 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
The average commute for its 1,303 working residents takes 36.9 minutes, against 24.1 across Indiana.
In Greene Township, 2.6% of working residents work locally. Since 2013, Greene Township has added 107 jobs, to 613 in 2023. For half of commuters, work is under 11 miles away. The top destinations are South Bend (35%), Mishawaka (11%) and Elkhart (7%).
| Greene Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 2.6% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.1% | 10% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greene Township has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 17°; snowfall runs to about 65 inches a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greene Township ranks healthier than 56% of the country’s towns
Within Indiana it is healthier than 79% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Two figures for adults in Greene Township: 34% have obesity, 81% had a checkup this year. Of 32 CDC measures, Greene Township beats the Indiana average on 5 and trails it on 1. For adults here, the share who have been diagnosed with depression is 27%.
| Greene Township | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 26% | 23% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 39% | 35% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 80% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greene Township | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.2% | 14.7% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.6% | 8.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.7% | 8.3% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Notre Dame Stadium and 18 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greene Township. Close and well known come first.
Big draw10 mi Stadium & arenaNotre Dame Stadium
24 mi National ParkIndiana Dunes National Park2.6M visitors a year
10 mi CaveGrotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame
8 mi MuseumStudebaker National Museum
17 mi Ancient siteFort St. Joseph
25 mi State parkWarren Dunes State ParkPhoto credits
Notre Dame Stadium: Tysto, Public domain · Indiana Dunes National Park: J. Crocker, Attribution · Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes, Notre Dame: Know1one1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Studebaker National Museum: Unknown, Public domain · Fort St. Joseph: Chris Light (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0 · Warren Dunes State Park: hakkun, CC BY-SA 3.0
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Everything we know about Greene Township
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Greene Township
About 3 of every 100 Greene Township residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Indiana.
About Greene Township
Township in Indiana, United States
Greene Township is one of thirteen townships in St. Joseph County, in the U.S. state of Indiana. As of the 2020 census, its population was 2,909. Greene Township was established in 1836.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- Area
- 35 sq mi
- Elevation
- 738 ft
Greene Township’s neighbors
7 towns share a border with Greene Township.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Township | #431 | C+ | A− | — | C− | B |
| Olive Township | #75 | A | B | — | A | B |
| Warren Township | #576 | D | C+ | — | C− | C− |
| Liberty Township | #132 | A− | B+ | — | A− | B |
| Centre Township | #381 | B− | B+ | — | C− | B− |
| Portage Township | #515 | C | B+ | — | C− | D |
| Union Township | #366 | B− | B | — | B− | C |
| Lincoln Township | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
Lincoln Township has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Greene Township, Olive Township, Warren Township, Liberty Township, Centre Township, Portage Township, Union Township and Lincoln Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greene Township with a neighbor →
Questions about Greene Township
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greene Township, IN a good place to live?
Greene Township grades C+ overall, better than 42% of U.S. towns and #431 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health and C− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Is Greene Township, 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−.