The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Greenville has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Greenville a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
Greenville is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Quite often, nautical areas such as these attract visitors and locals who come to enjoy the scenery and various waterfront activities.
One downside of living in Greenville is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Greenville, the average commute to work is 38.08 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.
Being a small town, Greenville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
In Greenville, just 9.23% of people over 25 hold a college degree, which is very low compared to the rest of the nation, whereas the average among all cities is 21.84%.
The per capita income in Greenville in 2018 was $15,267, which is low income relative to Florida and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $61,068 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greenville also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 35.74% of its population below the federal poverty line.
The people who call Greenville home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenville residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Greenville include English, German, Polish, Norwegian, and Welsh.
The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include French Creole and Polish.
