Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Greene is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C overall, 538th of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 54% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in incomes: the median household income is $73K, and 11% of residents live below the poverty line. A typical home there costs about $177K, 2.8 years of the county’s $63K median household income. History is its standout character grade: an A, better than 94% of U.S. towns, with 5 places on the National Register. 23% of working residents work locally in Greene, where New York’s towns sit at 10% and U.S. towns at 8%. Its National Register listings include Bates Round Barn and Young Round Barn.
Where Greene beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,590 in 1820, 5,296 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1875 and 3 maps from 1904 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Greene is from typical.
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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 has commutes shorter than most of New York, but it carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 90% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $665 per resident a year; that rating is what its C− for hazard risk is built on.
Greene’s FEMA risk score is 69 of 100. Since 1979, 43 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Greene.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Its public schools are run by the Greene Central School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greene Primary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 238 | – |
| Greene High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 273 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Greene has cold, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 48 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The average commute for its 2,267 working residents takes 23.1 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
About one in 4 of Greene’s working residents works in town. Jobs based in Greene grew to 2,869 in 2023, 496 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Binghamton (9%), Union (7%) and Norwich (5%).
| Greene | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $73,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greene beats the New York average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 10. 15% of Greene adults report frequent physical distress.
| Greene | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 34% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 37% | 36% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Greene | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 7.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 11% | 14.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 8.5% | 6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1.6 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Bobell State Forest, at 449 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bobell State Forest | — | 449 |
| 2. Gaius M. Cook Memorial Park | — | 110 |
| 3. Lyon's Park | — | 48 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greene. Close and well known come first.
38 mi Stadium & arenaSchoellkopf Field24 mi Ski areaGreek Peak Mountain Resort43 runs · 828 ft vertical
17 mi Stadium & arenaBroome County Veterans Memorial Arena
39 mi MuseumHerbert F. Johnson Museum of Art80K visitors a year39 mi AttractionSagan Planet Walk19 mi Zoo & aquariumBinghamton Zoo at Ross ParkSchoellkopf Field: Alex Sergeev, (www.asergeev.com) Originally uploaded by en:User:Cornell010, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena: Bmoore2009 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art: Dmadeo, CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Greene
About 3 of every 100 Greene residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
5 places in Greene on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Greene.
Town in New York, United States
Greene is a town in Chenango County, New York, United States. The population was 5,296 at the 2020 census. The town is named after General Nathanael Greene. It is located in the southwestern corner of the county and contains a village, also named Greene. The town and village are northeast of Binghamton. Greene was founded in 1792, but commenced in 1798 (though this is hotly disputed).
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7 towns share a border with Greene.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greene | #538 | C | B− | — | C+ | B− |
| Fenton | #546 | C | B− | — | B | C |
| Coventry | — | — | B | — | C | B− |
| Smithville | — | — | C | — | C+ | B− |
| Barker | — | — | B+ | — | B− | B− |
| Triangle | #500 | C+ | B+ | — | C+ | B |
| Oxford | #632 | C− | B+ | — | C | C+ |
| Colesville | #717 | D | C | — | C | C+ |
Coventry, Smithville and Barker have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Greene, Fenton, Coventry, Smithville, Barker, Triangle, Oxford and Colesville 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 31% of U.S. towns and #538 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and C+ for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a C−.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades B−.
3 notable people were born here, including Francis Joseph Flynn and John C. Wright.
