Greenfield is a medium-sized city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 25,920 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Greenfield is the 43rd largest community in Indiana. Greenfield has seen a significant amount of newer housing growth in recent years. Quite often, new home construction is the result of new residents moving in who are middle class or wealthier, attracted by jobs, a healthy local economy, or other amenities as they leave nearby or far away areas for greener pastures. This seems to be the case in Greenfield, where the median household income is $74,949.00.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greenfield is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greenfield is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenfield who work in office and administrative support (10.01%), sales jobs (8.41%), and teaching (7.74%). Also of interest is that Greenfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.28% 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. Being a small city, Greenfield does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The percentage of people in Greenfield who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.22% of adults in Greenfield have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Greenfield in 2022 was $38,004, which is wealthy relative to Indiana, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $152,016 for a family of four. However, Greenfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Greenfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Greenfield include German, English, Irish, European, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Greenfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
