Is Greenbush a good place to live?
Greenbush’s best subject grade is an A for cost of living; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 6 of Maine’s 285 towns score higher on cost of living. Greenbush's public schools trail 92% of Maine towns on state tests and graduation. On walkability, just 20 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. On civic life, just 1 of Maine’s 285 towns do worse. Greenbush has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
What makes Greenbush stand out
Where Greenbush beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Typical home value
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Helen S Dunn Elementary School | PK–8 | 131 |
96% of working residents leave Greenbush for work
Where Greenbush’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Greenbush grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Greenbush is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Moving to Greenbush: who provides what
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenbush, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Greenbush.
Greenbush’s grade for schools is a D
Its public schools are run by the Greenbush Public Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen S Dunn Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 131 | D |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests
Greenbush’s typical home value is about $190K
The typical Greenbush home is worth about $190,000, up 4.2% in a year, 54% below the Maine typical home. Greenbush’s median rent is $861 a month, below both Maine’s towns ($1,106 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). 88% of Greenbush households own their home.
| Greenbush | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $861 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Compared with most of Maine and the rest of the country, more of Greenbush’s adults have obesity
41% of adults have obesity in Greenbush, above both the Maine town median (33%) and the median of U.S. towns (35%). 30% of adults have been diagnosed with depression in Greenbush. Greenbush beats the Maine average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 17.
| Greenbush | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 18% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greenbush | ME |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 19.6% | 14.4% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 14.2% | 10.7% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.6% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most of Greenbush’s workers commute out: the town has 0.3 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Greenbush for work: only 4% work in town. The average trip to work in Greenbush is 34 minutes. Since 2013, Greenbush has added 77 jobs, to 189 in 2023.
| Greenbush | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 34 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $60,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.4% | 12% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Greenbush
Greenbush has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. Greenbush’s July high is 80°F.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Greenbush faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 5 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greenbush.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Greenbush has set aside 1.3% of its land for conservation
9.0 miles of trail in 0 parks and preserves.
| Greenbush | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 1.3% | 4.7% | 4.3% |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Everything we know about Greenbush
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Greenbush
About 2 of every 100 Greenbush residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across Maine.
About Greenbush
Town in Maine, United States
Greenbush is a town in Penobscot County, Maine, United States, on the Penobscot River. The town's population was 1,444 at the 2020 United States census.
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- Area
- 44 sq mi
- Elevation
- 128 ft
- ZIP code
- 04418
- Area code
- 207
Greenbush’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Greenbush.
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenbush | — | — | A | — | D | D |
| Milford | #79 | C+ | B+ | — | B+ | D |
| Passadumkeag | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Greenbush has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Greenbush and Milford report no FBI crime data of their own. Passadumkeag isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greenbush with a neighbor →
Questions about Greenbush
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Greenbush, ME 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.