Greece is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 14,513 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Greece is the 143rd largest community in New York.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greece is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greece is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greece who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.48%), sales jobs (10.51%), and teaching (6.66%).

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

In addition, Greece is home to many people who could 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, Greece 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, Greece really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Greece 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.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 17.80 minutes getting to work every day.

Greece is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 96.7% - 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 Greece.

Greece 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.

Greece Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Greece is somewhat better educated than the 14.96% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 20.64% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Greece in 2000 was $22,129, which is middle income relative to New York, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $88,516 for a family of four.

The people who call Greece home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greece is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greece include Italian, German, Irish, English, Polish, and European.

The most common language spoken in Greece is English. Some people also speak Italian.