It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Greensburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Greensburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Greensburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Greensburg may be for you.
In Greensburg, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.58 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Greensburg does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In terms of college education, the citizens of Greensburg rank slightly lower than the national average. 13.08% of adults 25 and older in Greensburg have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 21.84% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.
The per capita income in Greensburg in 2022 was $24,341, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $97,364 for a family of four. Greensburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 34.99% of its population below the federal poverty line.
Greensburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Greensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greensburg residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greensburg include Italian, French, Irish, German, and English.
The most common language spoken in Greensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.
