Another notable thing is that Greenville is an extremely popular vacation destination. A significant portion of the population is seasonal. During the vacation season, the town experiences a large influx of people who take up residence in second homes they own in the area. As the vacation season ends, the population drops again, leaving behind a substantially quieter and smaller town.
Because of many things, Greenville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Greenville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Greenville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Greenville is worth considering.
Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 18.46 minutes getting to work every day.
Greenville 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.
The percentage of people in Greenville who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 28.35% of adults in Greenville have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $39,651, which is middle income relative to Maine, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $158,604 for a family of four. However, Greenville contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
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, French, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
