Greenville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 95,138 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Greenville is the 12th largest community in North Carolina. There's nothing like the smell of a brand new house, and in Greenville, you'll find that a large proportion of houses were recently built. New growth in residential real estate is an indication that people are choosing to move to Greenville, and putting down their money on brand new construction. Greenville’s real estate is, on average, some of the newest in the nation. Greenville does seem to be experiencing an influx of affluent people, because the median household income is $49,748.00.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 13.35% 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.

Greenville is made interesting by being both a reasonably big city and having a major college student population: students here will find that the city provides a lot of amenities, culture, and opportunities for them. Greenville is more than just a college town, however, though the thousands of students certainly are a major part of the character of the city, as well as a contributor to the local economy.

Not only is Greenville a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a decent-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The population of Greenville is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 39.07% of adults in Greenville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $33,924, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,696 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Greenville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 English, Irish, German, Italian, and Scots-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.