Greene County, North Carolina

County Distress Index: Serious · 70.9 | 20,530 people · 13th most distressed in North Carolina

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Greene County, NC shows significant household financial distress with a score of 70.9 — 169th nationally out of 3144 counties. The primary driver is Income & Poverty, where poverty rates are high and household incomes lag well behind state and national medians. Within North Carolina, it ranks 13th of 100 counties. It scores higher than all 4 of its neighboring counties.

The Numbers Behind the Score

The CDI measures five domains of financial distress. Greene County's primary driver is Income & Poverty at 87.5 — worse than roughly 88% of U.S. counties.

Income & Poverty Primary driver 87.5
Poverty Rate 91
Income vs. State Median 82
Child Poverty Rate 90
Community Vulnerability 84.4
Uninsured Rate 90
Disability Rate 79
Debt & Delinquency 82.9
Debt in Collections 96
Medical Debt 97
Student Loan Delinquency 100
Auto Loan Delinquency 93
Credit Card Delinquency 87
Bankruptcy Filing Rate 24
Housing Cost Burden 60.4
Rent-Burdened (30%+) 51
Severely Rent-Burdened (50%+) 67
Mortgage-Burdened (30%+) 48
Homeownership Rate 84
Rent-to-Income Ratio 52
Employment & Wages 39.1
Unemployment Rate 23
Wage-to-Rent Ratio 31
Business Formation Rate 64

Scores are percentile-based: 50 = national median, higher = more distressed. The median line is shown on each bar.

Neighbors and Peers

How Greene County compares to its 4 neighboring counties and population peers.

Neighboring Counties

County Score Zone vs. Greene County
Greene County, NC 70.9 Serious
Wilson County, NC 68.3 Serious -2.6
Lenoir County, NC 68.2 Serious -2.7
Wayne County, NC 66.9 Serious -3.9
Pitt County, NC 62.5 Elevated -8.4

Population Peers

County Score Zone vs. Greene County
Campbell County, TN 70.9 Serious +0.0
Desha County, AR 70.8 Serious -0.0
Hampton County, SC 70.9 Serious +0.0
Martin County, NC 70.8 Serious -0.1
Decatur County, GA 70.7 Serious -0.1

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