Greenfield Center is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,137 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greenfield Center is the 218th largest community in New York.Greenfield Center is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greenfield Center is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenfield Center who work in management occupations (11.85%), business and financial occupations (11.30%), and office and administrative support (10.21%). Also of interest is that Greenfield Center has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 15.97% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Because of many things, Greenfield Center is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Greenfield Center a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Greenfield Center has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Greenfield Center’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country. Being a small town, Greenfield Center does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Greenfield Center are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 37.54% of adults in Greenfield Center have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Greenfield Center in 2022 was $56,732, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $226,928 for a family of four. However, Greenfield Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Greenfield Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenfield Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Greenfield Center include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Greenfield Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
