City · Adair County, Iowa
Greenfield, Iowa
Greenfield is a city in Adair County, Iowa. It has 1,894 residents. Greenfield, Iowa has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,805 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Iowa it ranks #86 of 281 cities and towns. It ranks best on pharmacies (high), public libraries (high) and firearm deaths (low). It ranks worst on mental health providers (low), access to exercise opportunities (low) and traffic deaths (high).
- Quality-of-life score
- #1,805 of 15,651 cities and towns
- Iowa
- #86 of 281 in IA
- Population
- 1,894 (2020-2024)
- Land area
- 2 mi²
- Density
- 1,051.8 /mi²
- FIPS code
- 1932790
Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.
Scores by category
Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.
- Safety89#1,742/15,637
- Economy55#6,996/15,631
- Housing75#3,723/14,977
- Health48#8,117/15,609
- Healthcare55#7,014/15,650
- Environment97#393/15,453
- Education93#1,107/15,649
- Infrastructure55#7,105/15,650
- Community82#2,843/15,651
- Leisure & amenities96#648/15,651
Strengths · Weaknesses
Indicators where Greenfield, Iowa ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Adair 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
- Pharmacies · high4.1 /10k
- Public libraries · high5.4 /10k99/100Iowa 1.8 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesAdair County value
- Firearm deaths · low0.0 /100k99/100Iowa 11.4 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100k2024Centers for Disease Control and PreventionAdair County value
- Job growth · high4.8%98/100Iowa -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataAdair County value
- Restaurants and bars · high16.2 /10k
- Unemployment rate · low0.3%96/100Iowa 3.5%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCensus table B23025High uncertainty
Weaknesses
- Mental health providers · low27 /100k2/100Iowa 226 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2025University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value
- Access to exercise opportunities · low34.2%3/100Iowa 80.0%United States 84.5%2022 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteAdair County value
- Traffic deaths · high34.8 /100k5/100Iowa 11.0 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataAdair County value
- New homes permitted · low0.0 /1k
- New business applications · low8.9 /1k
- Effective property tax rate · high1.66%
Trends
The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.
- PopulationRising
1,730 (2015-2019) → 1,894 (2020-2024)
+9.5%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
- New homes permittedWorsening
1.2 /1k (2021) → 0.0 /1k (Sep 2025–Aug 2026)
−100%5 yearsUS 5.2 /1k → 4.2 /1k
- Broadband subscriptionsImproving
65.3% (2015-2019) → 84.6% (2020-2024)
+19 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
- Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
24.4% (2015-2019) → 42.5% (2020-2024)
+18 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
- Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
14.7% (2015-2019) → 28.1% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
- Median household incomeImproving
$42,891 (2015-2019) → $56,607 (2020-2024)
+32%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604
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.
Cities and towns like Greenfield, Iowa five years ago that improved
The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenfield, 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.
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).
Income
How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.
Homes
Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.
Getting to work
How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.
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.
Federal contracts performed here
Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Greenfield is mostly in Adair County.
See federal money in Adair CountyRepresentation 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.
County
A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.
Other cities and towns in Adair 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
