Living in Greece

In Greece, unemployment is 7.9% (2024).

Greece had a population of 14,429 at the end of 2020. The unemployment rate was 7.91% at the end of 2024. Greece was home to 914 foreign residents at the end of 2024.

Last checked 2026-10-0731 sources

Population14,429people31 Dec 2020Official source · U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020

Median gross salary3,535EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · 2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables

Median rent1,079EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records

Unemployment rate7.91%country median 4.6% — 73% aboveOfficial source · Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)

PM2.5, annual mean5.92µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData

Higher unemployment than 87% of American cities that publish it and cleaner air than 79% of American cities that publish it.

Which United States-wide rules apply when you move to Greece?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in United StatesNational rates and thresholds that apply in Greece.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€60

Mobile plan, 10 GB€22

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited	60.38 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Verizon 300 Mbps home internet¹⁷Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB	21.57 EUR/month	30 Sept 2026	Visible unlimited mobile plan¹⁸Official · national market
Average monthly rent (whole dwelling)	1,172 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent)⁵Official
Median monthly rent	1,079 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records⁴Official
Recorded property crimes	1,356 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁹Official

Is Greece a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker48%strong on work, weak on safety · range 39–57%

Skilled employee55%strong on work, weak on education · range 46–64%

Student35%strong on cost, weak on education · range 25–45%

Family42%strong on family, weak on education · range 33–51%

Retirement33%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 22–44%

Worked out from these numbers

How international is the population?

6.3% of residents hold a foreign nationality — 914 of 14,429 people. This counts nationality, not place of birth, so long-settled residents who naturalised are not in it.

Work and income

Unemployment across cities in United StatesUnemployment in Greece is 7.9%. Of 2,153 cities with data, 1,250 have unemployment of 0 to under 5%.

1,250

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0–55–1010–1515–2020–2525–30

Greece 7.9%

Unemployment rate (%)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Median gross salary	3,535 EUR/month	31 Dec 2020	2024 American Community Survey 5-year detailed tables¹Official
Unemployment rate	7.91 %country median 4.6%	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁸Official

What does a salary buy in Greece?

Take-home pay after tax, minus rent and the everyday bills this city publishes. Each line names its source.

Left over each month€1,519of €2,773 take-home

Rent
Internet
Mobile
Left over

Line-by-line breakdown and sources

Each month	€
Take-home payOECD Taxing Wages 2025, single, no children. Includes central and local income tax and employee social contributions; euro amounts at the ECB average for 2026-08.	€2,773
Rentaverage rent of a whole dwelling · official · ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, tables B25065 (Aggregate Gross Rent) and B25063 (Gross Rent, units with cash rent) · 2020-12-31	− €1,172
Internet€60 · official · Verizon 300 Mbps home internet · 2026-09-30	− €60
Mobile plan€22 · official · Visible unlimited mobile plan · 2026-09-30	− €22
Other everyday billsnot published for this city: public transport pass, utilities	—
Left overbefore the bills this city does not publish	€1,519

Take-home pay for other salaries and households Compare with another city Check a job offer in Greece Salary needed to live in Greece

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Greece. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

American Job Centers — Public employment service

U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration

Job Search

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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Greece. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Healthcare

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Physicians per 100,000 residents	632.1 per 100,000	31 Dec 2023	Area Health Resources Files (AHRF), County 2024-2025 release⁷Official · county

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Greece when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

Recorded crime across major citiesGreece highlighted among comparable cities

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Philadelphia5,457

Houston5,442

San Antonio5,218

Chicago4,012

Dallas4,010

Austin3,709

San Jose3,195

Fort Worth3,158

Phoenix3,125

New York City3,039

Los Angeles2,212

San Diego2,082

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Recorded violent crimes	157 offenses/year	31 Dec 2025	FBI CIUS Table 8 by City 2025 (CDE offenses-known-to-le-2025.zip)⁹Official

Mobility and administration

Greece's nearest airport was ROC, 10 km away and offered 18 direct destinations.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport	18 count	3 Aug 2026	OpenFlights¹⁰Official
Distance to the nearest major airport	10 km	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)	ROC	3 Aug 2026	OurAirports¹¹Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Greece. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Adult Education and English Language Acquisition (AEFLA) — State Language Course

U.S. Department of Education

For adult learners, adult English-language learners.

EnglishIn Person, Online, HybridCost varies

Open official information

USCIS English and citizenship class finder — Civic Orientation

U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services

For immigrants, future citizens.

EnglishIn Person, OnlineCost varies

Open official information

Open the full United States section

National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Greece.

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Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 levels for Greece stood at 5.9 µg/m³ at the end of 2024. Monthly mean temperatures were −3.2°C in January and 22.4°C in July.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C

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1°-7°

2°-7°

6°-3°

14°3°

21°9°

26°14°

28°17°

27°16°

23°12°

16°6°

10°1°

4°-4°

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Night-time low to daytime high

Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm

JFMAMJJASOND

Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

Within WHO 2021 guidelineAbove WHO, within EU limitAbove EU legal limitCity annual mean · µg/m³

PM2.55.9WHO 5 · EU 25

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in United StatesAnnual PM2.5 in Greece is 5.9 µg/m³. Of 968 cities with data, 261 have annual PM2.5 of 6 to under 7 µg/m³.

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Greece 5.9

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

Metric	Value	Period	Source
PM2.5 — annual mean	5.92 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by month	Jan 0.8 · Feb 1.8 · Mar 6.4 · Apr 13.7 · May 20.8 · Jun 25.5 · Jul 28 · Aug 26.9 · Sep 23.1 · Oct 16.2 · Nov 9.5 · Dec 3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by month	Jan -7.2 · Feb -6.9 · Mar -2.9 · Apr 2.8 · May 9 · Jun 14.1 · Jul 16.8 · Aug 16.1 · Sep 12 · Oct 6.3 · Nov 1.1 · Dec -3.6 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²⁰Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by month	Jan -3.2 · Feb -2.6 · Mar 1.8 · Apr 8.2 · May 14.9 · Jun 19.8 · Jul 22.4 · Aug 21.5 · Sep 17.6 · Oct 11.2 · Nov 5.3 · Dec 0 °C	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by month	Jan 64.7 · Feb 54 · Mar 63.3 · Apr 76 · May 72.7 · Jun 85.5 · Jul 90.5 · Aug 84 · Sep 80.7 · Oct 81.7 · Nov 70.2 · Dec 67.9 mm	31 Dec 1991	World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI²²Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, highest monitored reading	15.2 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
PM2.5, annual mean	5.92 µg/m³	31 Dec 2024	US EPA Air Quality System (AQS)¹⁶Official · nearest-station reading
Annual precipitation	891.2 mm	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)²²Official · nearest-station reading
Maximum July temperature	28 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)¹⁹Official · nearest-station reading
Average annual temperature	9.7 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)²¹Official · nearest-station reading
Minimum January temperature	-7.2 °C	31 Dec 1991	NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI)²⁰Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In United States: Dearborn ±0.5 °C. Elsewhere: Chatham-Kent (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Markham (Canada) ±1.2 °C, Mississauga (Canada) ±1.2 °C, Richmond Hill (Canada) ±1.2 °C, Vaughan (Canada) ±1.2 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

Greece covered an area of 11.3 km² at the end of 2025. At the end of 2024, the population density reached 1,231 people per km².

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population

By nationality

National passport93.7%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

Metric	Value	Period	Source
City area	11.33 km²	31 Dec 2025	U.S. Census Bureau (TIGERweb ArcGIS REST service)¹³Official
Foreign-resident share	6.56 %	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁸Official
Foreign residents	914 people	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁸Official
Population density	1,231 people/km²	31 Dec 2024	Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS)⁸Official
Population	14,429 people	31 Dec 2020	U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020¹⁵Official

Alternatives for people set on Greece

Three places for the three reasons people leave a city on the shortlist: stay in the region, stay in the country, or keep the budget and change the country. A percentage appears only where both cities publish that metric from the same source, period and grain. Distances are straight lines — travel times are not collected yet.

North Gates as a Greece alternative in the same region

4 km away, better on 2 of 4 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0. Median gross pay, city cannot be compared like for like.

Foreign residents: 17.9% North Gates vs 6.6% Greece+173%
Unemployment: 3.4% North Gates vs 7.9% Greece−58%
Median gross pay, city: €3,595 North Gates vs €3,535 Greeceno percentage
Residents: 9,458 North Gates vs 14,429 Greece−34%
Annual PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³ North Gates vs 5.9 µg/m³ Greecesame level

Full comparison More about North Gates

North Bethesda as a Greece alternative in the same country

A move, not a commute, at 466 km, better on 3 of 5 metrics measured the same way, worse on 0.

Foreign residents: 34.1% North Bethesda vs 6.6% Greece+420%
Median gross pay, city: €6,119 North Bethesda vs €3,535 Greece+73%
Residents: 50,094 North Bethesda vs 14,429 Greece+247%
Unemployment: 3.6% North Bethesda vs 7.9% Greece−54%
Annual PM2.5: 5.9 µg/m³ North Bethesda vs 5.9 µg/m³ Greecesame level

Full comparison More about North Bethesda

Cities near Greece

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Rochester Commuting Zone · 8.7 km away

Salary: 3,007 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2024-12-31

North Gates 3.9 km away

Rent: 1,050 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 3,595 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Gates-North Gates 4.7 km away

Rent: 1,050 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 3,595 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Irondequoit 9.6 km away

Rent: 1,071 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,117 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Brighton 14.3 km away

Rent: 1,247 EUR/monthMedian monthly rent · 2020-12-31
Salary: 4,134 EUR/monthMedian gross salary · 2020-12-31

Alternative cities in United States

Other cities in United States to compare with Greece, nearest in population first.

All United States cities

Brainerd14,428 residents Sierra Vista Southeast14,428 residents Somerville borough14,428 residents Clarkston14,431 residents Dentsville14,431 residents Greendale14,426 residents

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Is Greece part of Rochester?

Greece is in the published commuting zone of Rochester; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub. Rochester city profile

Relationship type: Commuting Zone Of. Source¹²

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Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

What is the unemployment rate in Greece?

The unemployment rate is 7.91 %. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is the air quality good in Greece?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 5.92 µg/m³. The WHO 2021 guideline is 5 µg/m³ and the EU limit value is 25 µg/m³, so this reading is above the WHO guideline but within the EU limit. Source: U.S. EPA Air Quality System / AirData.

How many people live in Greece?

The published population is 14,429 people. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, TIGERweb Census 2020.

How many foreign residents live in Greece?

914 residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Census Reporter (underlying U.S. Census ACS).

Is Greece a good place to live?

Greece may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Is Greece part of Rochester?

Greece is in the published commuting zone of Rochester; this does not mean it is administratively part of the hub.

Which cities are near Greece?

Rochester, North Gates, Gates-North Gates, Irondequoit, Hilton are near Greece. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

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ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25031 (Median Gross Rent by Bedrooms) www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-19
ACS 2020-2024 5-year table-based Summary File, table B25064 (Median Gross Rent), place records www2.census.gov · checked 2026-09-18
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