Greenwood is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 22,667 people and 13 associated neighborhoods, Greenwood is the 26th largest community in South Carolina.When you are in Greenwood, you'll notice that it is more blue-collar than most other communities in America. 38.63% of Greenwood’s employed work in blue-collar jobs, while America averages only 27.7% that do. Overall, Greenwood is a city of professionals, production and manufacturing workers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenwood who work in office and administrative support (9.50%), food service (8.14%), and sales jobs (7.13%).Greenwood is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Greenwood enrolled in college, Greenwood has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students. One of the benefits of Greenwood is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 18.26 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.The education level of Greenwood citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 17.58% of adults 25 and older in Greenwood have a college degree. The per capita income in Greenwood in 2022 was $22,043, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,172 for a family of four. However, Greenwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greenwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greenwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenwood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Greenwood also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greenwood include German, English, Irish, Scottish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Greenwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
