Greenfield Center is a somewhat small town located in the state of New York. With a population of 8,142 people and two associated neighborhoods, Greenfield Center is the 218th largest community in New York.Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greenfield Center is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greenfield Center is a town of managers, sales and office workers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenfield Center who work in business and financial occupations (16.15%), management occupations (13.31%), and office and administrative support (11.86%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 23.24% 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. It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Greenfield Center has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Greenfield Center has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Greenfield Center than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Greenfield Center may be for you. As is often the case in a small town, Greenfield Center doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.The education level of Greenfield Center citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 38.15% of adults in Greenfield Center have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Greenfield Center in 2022 was $59,480, which is wealthy relative to New York and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $237,920 for a family of four. However, Greenfield Center contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Greenfield Center home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenfield Center residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Greenfield Center include Irish, German, English, Italian, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Greenfield Center is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.
