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Greenville, SC
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Greenville profile


Living in Greenville



Greenville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 72,310 people and 62 associated neighborhoods, Greenville is the sixth largest community in South 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 $65,519.00.

Greenville home prices are not only among the most expensive in South Carolina, but Greenville real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Also of interest is that Greenville 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: 11.71% 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.

One thing noticeable about Greenville, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because Greenville is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Greenville a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Greenville, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Greenville is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 53.68% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $52,404, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $209,616 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, German, Irish, Scottish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.