Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Greene is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 117th of 142 graded towns in Maine, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $98K. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $345K for a typical one and 5.1 times the Lewiston metro’s $68K median household income. Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 90% of U.S. towns. Only 28 of Maine’s 285 towns score higher on hazard risk. Greene has 2 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Christ Church and Araxine Wilkins Sawyer Memorial.
Where Greene beats most towns.
Where Greene’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Maine), ordered by how far Greene is from typical.
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Census counts: 375 in 1790, a low of 375 in 1790, 4,376 in 2020. The archive holds 5 old photos and papers going back to 1795 and 4 maps from 1908 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greene, 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.
Ordered by what stands out in Greene.
Greene sends most of its workers to Lewiston and beyond, but it trails even towns with similar incomes on health.
31 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. At 0.9 miles per square mile, Greene’s trail density is where Maine’s towns sit at 0.7 and U.S. towns at 0.4. The biggest park or preserve is Captain Harris Homestead Preserve, at 306 acres.
| Greene | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 0.7 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.1% | 4.8% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greene Village Recreational Park | 1.7 mi | 114 |
| 2. Hooper Pond Preserve | 1.3 mi | 162 |
| 3. Captain Harris Homestead Preserve | 0.5 mi | 306 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by RSU 52/MSAD 52. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Central SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 339 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within ME on state tests and graduation
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 80% of U.S. communities. Since 2007, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greene.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Greene has 418 jobs for its 2,023 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Greene for work: only 7% work in town. 14% of Greene residents live below the poverty line, above both the Maine town median (9%) and the median of U.S. towns (9.6%). Since 2013, Greene has added 27 jobs, to 418 in 2023.
| Greene | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 14% | 9% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $98,000 | $78,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.1% | 12% | 8% |
| Work from home | 12% | 15% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Against the 8,855 U.S. towns with household incomes like Greene’s, it is less healthy than 93%, so it trails even them.
Greene beats the Maine average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 8. 30% of Greene adults have been diagnosed with depression.
| Greene | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 27% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 14% | 14% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 14% |
| What stands out | Greene | ME |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 11.6% | 14.8% |
| More adults facing a utility shut-off | 9.4% | 7.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Greene has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. The July high in Greene is 79°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
88% of households own their home in Greene. The typical Greene home is worth about $345,000, up 1.8% in a year, 16% below the Maine typical home.
| Greene | Maine towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 88% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,194 a month | $1,106 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Greene
About 6 of every 100 Greene residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Maine.
Town in Maine, United States
Greene is a town in Androscoggin County, Maine, United States. The population was 4,376 at the 2020 census. It is included in both the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Lewiston-Auburn, Maine Metropolitan New England City and Town Area. The central village in the town comprises the Greene census-designated place.
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6 towns share a border with Greene.
Sabattus next door grades lower for schools (C− to Greene’s B−) and higher for cost of living (B+ to C).
| Town | ME rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene | #117 | C− | C | — | B− | C |
| Turner | #42 | B+ | B+ | — | B− | B |
| Wales | — | — | C+ | — | C− | C+ |
| Auburn | #126 | D | C− | C | C+ | C+ |
| Lewiston | #138 | D | C | C | D− | C− |
| Leeds | — | — | B− | — | B− | C− |
| Sabattus | #58 | B | B+ | A | C− | C+ |
Wales and Leeds have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Greene, Turner, Wales and Leeds report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greene with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Greene grades C− overall, better than 17% of U.S. towns and #117 of 142 in Maine. It grades C for health and B− for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
2 notable people were born here, including Aaron S. Daggett and James Bates.
