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. Much of the housing stock in Greenville was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Greenville economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Greenville, where the median household income is $49,748.00.Greenville is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greenville is a city of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenville who work in healthcare (11.25%), office and administrative support (10.08%), and management occupations (9.70%). 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. The education level of Greenville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 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.
