Greensburg is a tiny town located in the state of Louisiana. With a population of 626 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greensburg is the 270th largest community in Louisiana.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greensburg is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greensburg is a town of service providers, transportation and shipping workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greensburg who work in food service (18.97%), law enforcement and fire fighting (12.36%), and healthcare suport services (9.77%). It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Greensburg has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Greensburg has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Greensburg than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Greensburg may be for you. One downside of living in Greensburg is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Greensburg, the average commute to work is 31.73 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average. Greensburg 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.In Greensburg, just 11.71% of people have at least a bachelor's degree, which is quite a bit lower than the national average for cities and towns of 21.84%. The per capita income in Greensburg in 2022 was $22,252, which is lower middle income relative to Louisiana, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $89,008 for a family of four. Greensburg also has one of the higher rates of people living in poverty in the nation, with 42.76% of its population below the federal poverty line.Greensburg is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Greensburg home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greensburg residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Greensburg include Italian, French, Irish, German, and English. The most common language spoken in Greensburg is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
