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24% of households live in a home they own in Green Island, against 75% in New York’s towns and 73% across U.S. towns. Its National Register listings include St. Mark's Episcopal Church. We don’t grade Green Island yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Green Island beats most towns.
2,620 counted in 2010 and 2,934 in 2020; an estimated 2,966 in 2025.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Census counts: 1,600 in 1860, a peak of 4,770 in 1900, 2,934 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1866 and 5 maps from 1893 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Green Island. Close and well known come first.
28 mi MountainMount Greylock
8 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
9 mi MuseumUSS Slater
8 mi Ancient siteFort Orange
8 mi MuseumSchuyler Mansion
8 mi TheatreThe EggMount Greylock: Jstergis, CC BY 3.0 · MVP Arena: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Fort Orange: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain · Schuyler Mansion: This image or media was taken or created by Matt H. Wade. To see his entire port, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Egg: Nitant23, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Green Island, 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 Green Island.
Its one school is below. The public schools here belong to the Green Island Union Free School District. Enrollment at the town’s public school: 223 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heatly SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades PK–12 | Grades PK–12 | 223 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts
On expected storm and flood damage, Green Island sits above 70% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in the town, 89% come from inland flooding. Also worth knowing: households here have drawn federal disaster aid once, in 2011.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Green Island, the typical July afternoon high is 84°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most people who work leave Green Island to do it: just 8% work in town. For residents in the town, the share who live below the poverty line is 21%. Half commute less than 7 miles. Its typical household income comes in at $59,000.
| Green Island | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 21% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $59,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Among adults in Green Island, 18% binge drink. Two figures for adults in the town: 41% sleep under 7 hours, 19% report frequent mental distress.
| Green Island | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 32% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 41% | 37% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 16% | 17% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 13% | 14% |
| What stands out | Green Island | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 16% | 11.3% |
| More adults with depression | 24% | 17.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.2% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
0.5 miles of trail wind through 3 parks and preserves. Green Island’s concentration of trails stands at 0.6 miles per square mile.
| Green Island | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.6 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 3.8% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Vietnam Memorial Park | — | 4 |
| 2. Paine Street Park | — | 3 |
| 3. Lower Hudson Ave Park | 0.2 mi | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
16 within 15 miles of the center of Green Island
About 5 of every 100 Green Island residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
2 places in Green Island on the National Register of Historic Places.
Town and village in New York, United States
Green Island is a coterminous town-village in Albany County, New York, United States, some 8 miles (13 km) north of Albany. Green Island is one of only five such town-village amalgamations in New York. The population was 2,934 at the 2020 census, and the ZIP code is 12183. While the town of Green Island was once an island, it was connected to the mainland on the west side of the Hudson River in the 1960s. Green Island is also the smallest town, by area, in New York, covering 0.7 square miles (1.8 km2); by contrast, the largest towns in the state by area are Brookhaven, which covers an area of 531.5 square miles (1,377 km2) (though much of that is water), and Webb, which has the largest land…
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5 towns share a border with Green Island.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Island | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Green Island | #639 | C− | B | — | D− | B− |
| Colonie | #253 | B+ | C | C− | A− | A |
| Cohoes | #644 | C− | C | C+ | C− | C+ |
| Watervliet | #593 | C− | B− | C | C− | C+ |
| Troy | #699 | D | C+ | D | C− | B− |
Green Island reports no FBI crime data of its own. Green Island isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Green Island with a neighbor →
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We don’t grade Green Island yet; the figures below are still real. The National Register of Historic Places lists 2 places here.
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