Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Home to 3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Greenwood is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B+ overall, 220th among Indiana's 585 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is schools: its schools outperform 85% of the state's. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $84K. A typical home there costs about $326K, 4.1 years of the Indianapolis metro’s $80K median household income. Only 101 of Indiana’s 1,096 towns score lower on cost of living. Its National Register listings include Greenwood Commercial Historic District and Greenwood Residential Historic District. Greenwood’s property crime rate is 16.9 per 1,000 residents, where Indiana’s towns sit at 8.6 and U.S. towns at 9.9.
Where Greenwood beats most towns.
49,791 counted in 2010 and 63,830 in 2020; an estimated 69,349 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 8.7% since 2020, after 28.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Indiana), ordered by how far Greenwood is from typical.
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Census counts: 448 in 1880, 63,830 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1867 and 4 maps from 1953 on.
3 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenwood. Close and well known come first.
Big draw11 mi Stadium & arenaLucas Oil Stadium
11 mi Stadium & arenaGainbridge Fieldhouse
12 mi LandmarkSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument
37 mi Stadium & arenaMemorial Stadium
17 mi Stadium & arenaHinkle Fieldhouse
12 mi Zoo & aquariumIndianapolis ZooLucas Oil Stadium: Josh Hallett from Winter Haven, FL, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gainbridge Fieldhouse: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument: alexeatswhales, CC BY 2.0 · Memorial Stadium: Durin at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Hinkle Fieldhouse: Peetlesnumber1, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Indianapolis Zoo: User:Durin-en, CC BY-SA 2.5
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenwood, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Greenwood.
Greenwood trades workers with Indianapolis and other neighbors and looks healthier within Indiana than nationally.
9.4 miles of trail in 21 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Freedom Park, at 74 acres.
| Greenwood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.3 miles per square mile | 0.2 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 2.1% | 1.9% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. University Park | 0.9 mi | 46 |
| 2. City Center Park | 0.4 mi | 4 |
| 3. Freedom Park | — | 74 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
59% of households own their home in Greenwood. The typical Greenwood home is worth about $326,000, up 1.1% in a year, 27% above the Indiana typical home. Greenwood’s median rent is $1,312 a month.
| Greenwood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 59% | 76% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,312 a month | $946 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent | 41% | 44% | 48% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Greenwood has chilly winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 20° and about 26 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greenwood has about as many jobs (35,197) as working residents, but only 4,587 people both live and work here. Jobs based here grew from 23,223 in 2013 to 35,197.
Most working residents leave Greenwood for work: only 16% work in town. Jobs based in Greenwood grew to 35,197 in 2023, 11,974 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Indianapolis (44%), Franklin (4%) and Columbus (3%).
| Greenwood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 16% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 7.4% | 10% | 9.6% |
| Work from home | 12% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Median household income | $84,000 | $71,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Indiana it is healthier than 81% of the 589 graded towns: much of Indiana scores lower on these measures.
Greenwood beats the Indiana average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 13% of Greenwood adults report frequent physical distress.
| Greenwood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 26% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 21% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 17% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greenwood | IN |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.9% | 8.4% |
| Fewer adults who have had a stroke | 2.9% | 3.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 37 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greenwood.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Indiana average. Greenwood has grown 8.7% since 2020, to 69,349 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. The median age in Greenwood is 36.4 years.
| Greenwood | Indiana towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 36.4 years | 39.5 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 33% | 22% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 15% | 18% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 24% | 23% | 22% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.2 points. Across Indiana, 50.4% of residents are women. Median age: women 37.0, men 36.0.
| Greenwood | IN | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 11.9% | 12.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 11.6% | 10.9% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 8.7% | 9.6% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15% | 13.1% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 15% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 10.4% | 12% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 12.2% | 12.5% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 9.1% | 10.1% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.2% | 6.7% | 7% |
| No diploma | 9.6% | 9.6% | 10.4% |
| High school | 28.2% | 32.5% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.8% | 19.3% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.1% | 9.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.7% | 18.7% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 10.8% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
5 within 15 miles of the center of Greenwood
About 5 of every 100 Greenwood residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Indiana.
3 places in Greenwood on the National Register of Historic Places.
8 notable people were born in Greenwood.
City in Indiana, United States
Greenwood is a city in Johnson County, Indiana, United States. The population was 63,830 at the 2020 Census. Greenwood is located southeast of central Indianapolis between Interstate 65 and Interstate 69. It is the most populous suburban municipality in the southern portion of the Indianapolis Metropolitan Area.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
8 towns share a border with Greenwood.
| Town | IN rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenwood | #220 | B+ | B− | C+ | A | B |
| Indianapolis | — | — | C | D | — | — |
| Perry Township | #257 | B+ | B− | — | B | B− |
| Pleasant Township | #167 | A− | B− | — | B+ | B |
| Whiteland | #223 | B+ | B− | A− | B+ | B− |
| Bargersville | #233 | B+ | C− | A | A+ | B+ |
| White River Township | #127 | A− | C+ | — | A+ | B |
| Clark Township | #334 | B− | C | — | B+ | B |
Perry Township, Pleasant Township, White River Township and Clark Township report no FBI crime data of their own. Indianapolis isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greenwood with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Greenwood grades B+ overall, better than 72% of U.S. towns and #220 of 585 in Indiana. It grades B for health, C+ for safety and A for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
8 notable people were born here, including Trayce Jackson-Davis and Harry Morton Fitzpatrick.
