Greenwood is a somewhat small town located in the state of Arkansas. With a population of 12,408 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Greenwood is the 29th largest community in Arkansas.

Unlike some towns, Greenwood isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Greenwood are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greenwood is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenwood who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.07%), sales jobs (9.69%), and management occupations (6.46%).

Also of interest is that Greenwood has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

For most residents of Greenwood, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 99.4% of people in Greenwood drive alone to work on most days, making Greenwood a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Greenwood's landscape.

Being a small town, Greenwood does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Greenwood Information and Demographics

The percentage of adults in Greenwood who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 14.96%: 16.18% of the adults in Greenwood have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenwood in 2000 was $17,284, which is upper middle income relative to Arkansas, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,136 for a family of four.

The people who call Greenwood home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greenwood is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Greenwood include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Greenwood is English.