Greenville is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 89,233 people and 28 associated neighborhoods, Greenville is the 12th largest community in North Carolina.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.90% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

Because Greenville has a very large number of students who are 18 years or older and in college, it is thought of as a college town. This has a major influence on local Greenville lifestyle, entertainment, and culture in general. Life in Greenville is very much tied to the academic calendar: when students return from the summer break in the fall, one will notice them out and about, buying groceries, out with friends, and generally getting re-acquainted with each other. In Greenville people study hard and play hard, and there is ample opportunity to do both.

Not only is Greenville a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Greenville is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Greenville a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

One of the benefits of Greenville is that there is very little traffic. The average commute to work is 19.13 minutes, which is substantially less than the national average. Not only does this mean that the drive to work is less aggravating, but noise and pollution levels are lower as a result.

The education level of Greenville citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.27% of adults in Greenville have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $30,605, which is middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $122,420 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Greenville is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. 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 White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greenville include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.