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A town of 4,682.
Most errands need a car: it is less walkable than 96% of U.S. towns. Overall it grades C, 548th among New York's 745 graded towns. The median household earns $123K and natural-hazard risk is low. Its weakest subject is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $380K, 3.9 years of the Kiryas Joel metro’s $98K median household income. Greenville’s average trip to work is 38 minutes, above both the New York town median (25 minutes) and the median of U.S. towns (25 minutes). On history, just 19 of New York’s 1,216 towns do worse. Greenville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 94% of U.S. towns.
Where Greenville beats most towns.
Where Greenville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Greenville is from typical.
Its grades run from A for hazard risk (better than 90% of comparable towns) to D− for walkability (better than 4%), so the C overall blends very different results.
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Census counts: 1,198 in 1860, a low of 618 in 1920, 4,689 in 2020. The archive holds 2 old photos and papers going back to 2022 and 4 maps from 1906 on.
Explore the history →Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Greenville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw33 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
5 mi MountainHigh Point
15 mi Theme parkLegoland New York
33 mi Stadium & arenaMichie Stadium
33 mi LakeLake Musconetcong
14 mi Ski areaMountain Creek44 runs · 1,001 ft verticalUnited States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · High Point: Daniel Case, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Legoland New York: MattCC716, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Michie Stadium: John Pellino, Public domain · Lake Musconetcong: Zeete, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Mountain Creek: NHRHS2010, CC BY-SA 3.0
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.
Greenville sends most of its workers to New York City and beyond, but it scores below Mount Hope and its other neighbors on health.
26 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Huckleberry Ridge State Forest, 1,512 acres with 13.6 miles of trail. Greenville’s trail density is 0.8 miles per square mile.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 9.5% | 5.2% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Huckleberry Ridge State Forest | 13.6 mi | 1,512 |
| 2. Greenville Town Park | 0.8 mi | 125 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 86% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Greenville since 2023.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Greenville has 483 jobs for its 2,137 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Greenville for work: only 4% work in town. 4.2% of Greenville residents live below the poverty line. Jobs based in Greenville grew to 483 in 2023, 264 more than in 2013.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $123,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.2% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.1% | 10% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Greenville has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 17° and about 43 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
All 4 graded neighbors score healthier than its B−, from Mount Hope (B) to Minisink (A−). Against the 5,381 U.S. towns with household incomes like Greenville’s, it is less healthy than 91%, so it trails even them.
Greenville beats the New York average on 0 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 7. 15% of adults binge drink in Greenville.
| Greenville | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 17% | 16% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 21% | 23% |
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Greenville | NY |
|---|---|---|
| More smokers | 14.7% | 11.3% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.8% | 6% |
| More adults in frequent physical distress | 14.9% | 12.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
1 within 15 miles of the center of Greenville
About 5 of every 100 Greenville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Town in New York, United States
Greenville is a town in Orange County, New York, United States. It is located along the southern county and state line, with a population of 4,689 at the 2020 census. Greenville has neither cities nor villages, and most of the communities are small clusters of houses. (Residents of the town get their mail through the Port Jervis or Middletown post office.) Greenville is near Exit 4 off Interstate 84, which features the town's firehouse and a few other businesses.
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4 towns share a border with Greenville.
| Town | NY rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greenville | #548 | C | C− | — | B | B− |
| Wawayanda | #432 | B− | D | — | B | A− |
| Minisink | #444 | C+ | D | — | B | A− |
| Deerpark | #560 | C | C− | A | C | B |
| Mount Hope | #242 | B+ | C− | A+ | B | B |
Greenville, Wawayanda and Minisink report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Greenville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Greenville grades C overall, better than 31% of U.S. towns and #548 of 745 in New York. It grades B− for health and B for schools. Walkability is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
