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.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 26.34% 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.

In Greenwood Lake, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.89 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

In terms of college education, Greenwood Lake is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.19% of adults in Greenwood Lake have a college degree.

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.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Greenwood Lake's cultural character, accounting for 20.25% of the village’s population.

The most common language spoken in Greenwood Lake is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.