About Greenville

Greenville is a very small town located in the state of Delaware. With a population of 2,246 people and just one neighborhood, Greenville is the 27th largest community in Delaware.

Greenville is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 96.94% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Greenville is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenville who work in management occupations (24.39%), business and financial occupations (10.51%), and healthcare (10.41%).

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.

And if you like science, one thing you'll find is that Greenville has lots of scientists living in town - whether they be life scientists, physical scientists (like astronomers), or social scientists (like geographers!). So, if you're scientific-minded, you might like it here too.

For a small town, there is also a high proportion of single, often educated, people living in Greenville. This is not typical for most smaller communities in America, and adds a feeling of vibrancy to Greenville.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Greenville is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates." While both of these categories describe educated professionals, urban sophisticates are quite a different demographic. 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.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Greenville spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 17.93 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

Greenville is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Greenville Information and Demographics

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 72.90% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Greenville in 2000 was $83,223, which is wealthy relative to Delaware and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $332,892 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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