Greendale is a medium-sized village located in the state of Wisconsin. With a population of 14,455 people and three associated neighborhoods, Greendale is the 61st largest community in Wisconsin.Greendale is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greendale is a village of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greendale who work in management occupations (12.64%), sales jobs (10.05%), and office and administrative support (9.86%). Also of interest is that Greendale 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: 14.64% 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. The citizens of Greendale are among the most well-educated in the nation: 46.27% of adults in Greendale have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Greendale in 2022 was $45,930, which is upper middle income relative to Wisconsin and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $183,720 for a family of four. However, Greendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greendale is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Greendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greendale residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Greendale also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.28% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greendale include German, Polish, Irish, English, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Greendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
