Greenville is a very small town located in the state of Maine. With a population of 1,677 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greenville is the 241st largest community in Maine.
Also of interest is that Greenville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.56% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Another notable thing is that Greenville is a major vacation destination. Much of the town’s population is seasonal: many people own second homes and only live there part-time, during the vacation season. The effect on the local economy is that many of the businesses are dependent on tourist dollars, and may operate only during the high season. As the vacation season ends, Greenville’s population drops significantly, such that year-round residents will notice that the city is a much quieter place to live.
The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Greenville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Greenville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
One of the benefits of Greenville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 17.15 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.
Being a small town, Greenville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The percentage of people in Greenville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 26.42% of adults in Greenville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $43,772, which is upper middle income relative to Maine and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $175,088 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
The people who call Greenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenville residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greenville include Irish, French, English, Swedish, and French Canadian.
The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.