Greenwood is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Greenwood enrolled in college, Greenwood has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
Residents of the city have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.02 minutes getting to work every day.
The citizens of Greenwood are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 21.37% of adults in Greenwood having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Greenwood in 2018 was $21,399, which is lower middle income relative to South Carolina, and low income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $85,596 for a family of four. However, Greenwood contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Greenwood is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greenwood home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenwood residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Greenwood include English, German, Irish, African, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Greenwood is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
