About Greentown

Greentown is a very small town located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 2,611 people and just one neighborhood, Greentown is the 206th largest community in Indiana. Much of the housing stock in Greentown was built prior to World War II, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Greentown is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greentown is a town of sales and office workers, production and manufacturing workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greentown who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.90%), sales jobs (12.70%), and food service (6.77%).

Greentown is a small town, and as is often the case with smaller towns, the population isn't large or dense enough to support much in the way of a public transportation system. In fact, there are many rural roads around Greentown, which makes walking or biking to and from work a bit difficult. This makes for a very car-oriented town: 97.12% of residents commute to work by private automobile, and people often drive out of town for work, shopping, and other activities.

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

Greentown Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, the citizens of Greentown rank slightly lower than the national average. 12.70% of adults 25 and older in Greentown have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, while 14.96% of adults have a 4-year degree or higher in the average American community.

The per capita income in Greentown in 2000 was $20,057, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $80,228 for a family of four.

The people who call Greentown home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Greentown is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Greentown include German, Irish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Greentown is English.