City · Butler County, Iowa

Greene, Iowa

Greene is a city in Butler County, Iowa. It has 1,339 residents. Greene, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 75 out of 100 (high), ranking #3,977 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #179 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on public libraries (high), social associations (high) and property crime rate (low). It ranks worst on primary care physicians (low), new business applications (low) and gyms and fitness centers (low).

75High

Quality-of-life score: #3,977 of 15,651 cities and towns
Iowa: #179 of 281 in IA
Population: 1,339 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 1,173.1 /mi²
FIPS code: 1932745

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 72 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety95#713/15,637
Economy40#9,376/15,631
Housing85#2,283/14,977
Health66#5,294/15,609
Healthcare17#13,035/15,650
Environment67#5,022/15,453
Education87#2,102/15,649
Infrastructure32#10,670/15,650
Community95#832/15,651
Leisure & amenities56#6,913/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Greene, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Butler County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Public libraries · high5.7 /10k
99/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesButler County value
Social associations · high22.6 /10k
99/100Iowa 14.3 /10kUnited States 9.1 /10k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Property crime rate · low217 /100k
99/100Iowa 1,172 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCovers part of the area: some reporting agencies or member counties have no figureButler County value
Drought exposure · low0%
98/100Iowa 13%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAAButler County value
Rent as share of income · low23.6%
97/100Iowa 27.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071
Mammography screening · high57.0%
96/100Iowa 57.0%United States 46.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value

Weaknesses

Primary care physicians · low14 /100k
2/100Iowa 74 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
New business applications · low7.3 /1k
3/100Iowa 10.8 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauButler County value
Gyms and fitness centers · low0.0 /10k
4/100Iowa 1.2 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsButler County value
Dentists · low21 /100k
5/100Iowa 73 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Mental health providers · low57 /100k
7/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteButler County value
Distance to an emergency room · high14.0 mi
8/100Iowa 5.8 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesButler County value

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationRising
1,026 (2015-2019) → 1,339 (2020-2024)
+31%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
New homes permittedWorsening
0.9 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 86.2% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
21.8% (2015-2019) → 29.7% (2020-2024)
+7.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateWorsening
16.4% (2015-2019) → 23.3% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
6.5% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
+5.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Greene, Iowa improved on 1 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 11 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+10 points76.1% → 86.2%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Greene, Iowa between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	25.1 min2015-2019	28.1 min2020-2024	+3.0 min	Within the margin of error	20%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.8%2015-2019	29.7%2020-2024	+7.8 points	Within the margin of error	83%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	86.2%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	60%
Effective property tax rate	1.42%2015-2019	1.73%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	1%
High school diploma or higher	90.8%2015-2019	94.4%2020-2024	+3.7 points	Within the margin of error	74%
Home price to income ratio	1.9×2015-2019	2.1×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3922015-2019	0.3982020-2024	+0.006	Within the margin of error	45%
Median household income	$48,2812015-2019	$56,3352020-2024	+17%	Within the margin of error	27%
Poverty rate	13.3%2015-2019	17.2%2020-2024	+3.9 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	23.2%2015-2019	23.6%2020-2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	51%
Rent-burdened households	29.2%2015-2019	34.1%2020-2024	+4.9 points	Within the margin of error	38%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like Greene, Iowa five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greene, Iowa in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Greene, Iowa itself moved −4.3 points in standing on average over the same 10 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

1,339 residents (±186)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

585 households (±76)

Greene, Iowa
Iowa share

Under $25k17%†99
$25k–50k25%†148
$50k–75k

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

585 households (±76)

Greene, Iowa
Iowa share

Own74%431
Rent26%†154

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

549 workers (±109)

Greene, Iowa
Iowa share

Drive alone70%387
Carpool16%†89
Public transit0.0%0

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Butler County, the county holding most of Greene's residents.

Butler County has 324 employer establishments, 228 for every 10,000 residents (0.92× the US rate of 248; 0.88× Iowa's), with 2,602 paid employees at an average annual pay of $48,329. The Census Bureau also counts 1,036 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 324; 1,036 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 228; US 248 · Iowa 259
Paid employees: 2,602
Average annual pay: $48,329; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Butler County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Religious organizations	27	19	3.43×More than typical	66	$14,758	—
Specialty trade contractors	25	17.6	1.14×About typical	61	$70,934	109
Truck transportation	19	13.4	2.65×More than typical	51	$59,333	52
Insurance agencies and brokerages	13	9.2	2.09×More than typical	27	$51,296	21
Ambulatory health care services	12	8.5	0.41×Fewer than typical	61	$61,541	21
Other specialty trade contractors	12	8.5	3.37×More than typical	25	$96,800	36
Restaurants and other eating places	11	7.8	0.42×Fewer than typical	72	$7,806	3
Automotive repair and maintenance	10	7	1.40×More than typical	18	$43,222	31
Banks and credit unions	10	7	2.18×More than typical	80	$56,650	—
Fabricated metal product manufacturing	10	7	4.41×More than typical	113	$58,832	6
Services to buildings and dwellings	10	7	1.05×About typical	11	$55,909	80
Legal services	9	6.3	1.18×Too few to compare	24	$28,500	5

Rank places for an industry Open Butler County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 14,190 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Greene is mostly in Butler County.

See federal money in Butler County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Greene, Iowa is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Ashley HinsonR-IA-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 98%Missed 1.5%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Butler County87100% of residents

Other cities and towns in Butler County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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