Greenwood Lake is a very small village located in the state of New York. With a population of 2,983 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greenwood Lake is the 476th largest community in New York.
Also of interest is that Greenwood Lake has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Of important note, Greenwood Lake is also a village of artists. Greenwood Lake has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Greenwood Lake’s character.
A relatively large number of people in Greenwood Lake telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 26.34% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
One downside of living in Greenwood Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.89 minutes every day commuting to work.
The overall education level of Greenwood Lake citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 33.19% of adults in Greenwood Lake have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 21.84%.
The per capita income in Greenwood Lake in 2022 was $39,863, 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 $159,452 for a family of four. However, Greenwood Lake contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Greenwood Lake is a very ethnically-diverse village. The people who call Greenwood Lake home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenwood Lake residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Greenwood Lake also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.64% of the village’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greenwood Lake include Irish, Italian, German, English, and Polish.
Greenwood Lake also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 20.25%.
The most common language spoken in Greenwood Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.