Greenwood Village is a somewhat small city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 11,068 people and four constituent neighborhoods, Greenwood Village is the 42nd largest community in Colorado.

Greenwood Village is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.80% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Greenwood Village is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenwood Village who work in management occupations (20.27%), sales jobs (14.40%), and office and administrative support jobs (10.43%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Greenwood Village telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.79% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

In addition, Greenwood Village is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Greenwood Village is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Greenwood Village really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Greenwood Village perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

As is often the case in a small city, Greenwood Village doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Greenwood Village Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Greenwood Village is a pretty powerful place. 72.34% of the adults in Greenwood Village have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Greenwood Village in 2000 was $69,189, which is wealthy relative to Colorado and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $276,756 for a family of four. However, Greenwood Village contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Greenwood Village is English. Some people also speak Spanish.