Greenwich is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 61,101 people and 15 constituent neighborhoods, Greenwich is the tenth largest community in Connecticut.

Greenwich is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 91.96% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Greenwich is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenwich who work in management occupations (21.49%), sales jobs (15.01%), and office and administrative support jobs (11.41%).

Of important note, Greenwich is also a town of artists. Greenwich has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Greenwich's character.

Also of interest is that Greenwich 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 Greenwich telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.68% 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.

One thing noticeable about Greenwich, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because Greenwich 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 Greenwich 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.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Greenwich is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Greenwich 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, Greenwich really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Greenwich 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Greenwich are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

One downside of living in Greenwich is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Greenwich, the average commute to work is 30.34 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. On the other hand, local public transit is widely used in the town, so leaving the car at home and taking transit is often a viable alternative.

Like elsewhere in America, most people in Greenwich use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Greenwich's citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the train. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.

Greenwich Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Greenwich. 58.79% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Greenwich in 2000 was $74,346, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $297,384 for a family of four. However, Greenwich contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

In addition, Greenwich has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (18.99%).

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