Greenwood Lake is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,987 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greenwood Lake is the 476th largest community in New York.

Of important note, Greenwood Lake is also a village of artists. Greenwood Lake has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Greenwood Lake’s character.

Also of interest is that Greenwood Lake 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: 29.40% 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.

The overall crime rate in Greenwood Lake is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

One downside of living in Greenwood Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.09 minutes every day commuting to work.

The citizens of Greenwood Lake are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.94% of adults in Greenwood Lake have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenwood Lake in 2022 was $42,442, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $169,768 for a family of four. However, Greenwood Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Greenwood Lake is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Greenwood Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenwood Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Greenwood Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.53% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greenwood Lake include Irish, Italian, English, German, and Polish.

In addition, Greenwood Lake has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (24.30%).

The most common language spoken in Greenwood Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.