Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
51% more library visits per person than the typical New York town.
Trash: drop-off onlyGreenville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 361st of 745 graded towns in New York, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 77% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: the typical home is worth about $241K, 3.1 years of the county’s $78K median household income. Greenville’s typical journey to work is 32 minutes, where New York’s towns sit at 25 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Greenville has 6 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Prevost Manor House and Greenville Presbyterian Church Complex. Greenville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) is stronger than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Where Greenville beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,374 in 1820, a low of 1,276 in 1930, 3,741 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 1860 and 3 maps from 1893 on.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Greenville is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Greenville, 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 Greenville.
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 10.7% of its 1,923 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
15% of Greenville adults report frequent mental distress. The town does better than the New York average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 3.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 17% | 16% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 16% | 17% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 16% | 17% | 19% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 81% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Greenville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 10.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The largest public high school is Greenville High School, with 339 students. The public schools here belong to the Greenville Central School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scott M Ellis Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 480 | C+ |
| Greenville High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 339 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Albany (11%), New York (10%) and Catskill (7%). Half the trips to work are shorter than 22 miles.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.5% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 12% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The biggest park or preserve is Greenville Forest Preserve Detached Parcel, at 100 acres. There are 6.9 miles of trail across 1 park or preserve. The town’s trail network density is 0.2 miles per square mile.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conserved land | 1.1% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.2 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Greenville Forest Preserve Detached Parcel | — | 100 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A winter brings about 46 inches of snow, with January nights at 15° and July afternoons at 83°.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Compared with 66% of U.S. communities, expected storm and flood damage in Greenville is lower. FEMA puts 74% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 11% to hurricanes. 3 flood insurance claims have been paid in the town since 1996.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenville. Close and well known come first.
16 mi MuseumOlana State Historic Site
14 mi WaterfallKaaterskill Falls
36 mi TheatreTanglewood
21 mi MuseumUSS Slater
22 mi Stadium & arenaMVP Arena
36 mi MuseumNorman Rockwell MuseumOlana State Historic Site: Netniks, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Kaaterskill Falls: Mwanner, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0 · USS Slater: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 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 · Norman Rockwell Museum: User:Rmrfstar, CC BY 2.5
None within 15 miles of Greenville; the nearest are
About 3 of every 100 Greenville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Greenville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Greenville on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Greenville.
Town in New York, United States
Greenville is a town on the northern border of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 3,741 at the 2020 census. The town contains a hamlet also named Greenville.
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6 towns share a border with Greenville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | #361 | B− | C | — | C | A− |
| Durham | #237 | B+ | B | A+ | C− | B+ |
| Cairo | #493 | C+ | C | A+ | C− | B− |
| New Baltimore | #584 | C | C+ | — | C | B |
| East Durham | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Westerlo | #327 | B | B | — | B− | B+ |
| Coxsackie | #586 | C | C+ | — | C | B |
Greenville, New Baltimore, Westerlo and Coxsackie report no FBI crime data of their own. East Durham isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Greenville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Greenville grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #361 of 745 in New York. It grades A− for health and C 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 C.
3 notable people were born here, including Edwin Drake and Eliakim Sherrill.
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