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Greenville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 72,095 people and 62 constituent neighborhoods, Greenville is the sixth largest community in South Carolina.
Greenville real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Greenville house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.
Greenville is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 85.74% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Greenville is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenville who work in management occupations (13.07%), sales jobs (10.63%), and office and administrative support (10.58%).
Of important note, Greenville is also a city of artists. Greenville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Greenville’s character.
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 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 have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Greenville. 50.81% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 21.84%.
The per capita income in Greenville in 2018 was $46,207, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $184,828 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 Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.