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.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 26.34% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

One downside of living in Greenwood Lake, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 35.89 minutes every day commuting to work.

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.