Greenacres is a medium-sized city located in the state of Florida. With a population of 27,269 people and nine constituent neighborhoods, Greenacres is the 99th largest community in Florida.

Unlike some cities, Greenacres isn't mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Greenacres are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greenacres is a city of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenacres who work in office and administrative support jobs (16.70%), sales jobs (11.75%), and management occupations (6.82%).

Greenacres is a very car-oriented city. This is because most people - 96.8% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Greenacres.

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

Greenacres Information and Demographics

The citizens of Greenacres are slightly better educated than the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns, with 17.43% of adults in Greenacres having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenacres in 2000 was $19,298, which is middle income relative to Florida, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $77,192 for a family of four.

Greenacres is a somewhat ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greenacres home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greenacres is White, followed by African-American. Greenacres also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 22.24% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Greenacres include Italian, German, Irish, English, Polish, and Russian.

In addition, Greenacres has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (19.30%).

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