Greer is a medium-sized city located in the state of South Carolina. With a population of 42,090 people and 19 associated neighborhoods, Greer is the 14th largest community in South Carolina. Much of the housing stock in Greer was built relatively recently. The construction of new real estate can often be taken as an indication that the local Greer economy is robust, and that jobs or other amenities are attracting an influx of new residents. This seems to be the case in Greer, where the median household income is $73,534.00. Greer real estate is some of the most expensive in South Carolina, although Greer house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Greer is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greer is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greer who work in management occupations (12.10%), sales jobs (11.41%), and office and administrative support (9.85%). Also of interest is that Greer has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 11.67% 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. Greer is a decent-sized city, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the city has no real transit system.The population of Greer is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 21.84% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 38.51% of adults in Greer have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in Greer in 2022 was $37,238, which is wealthy relative to South Carolina, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $148,952 for a family of four. However, Greer contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greer is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greer home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greer residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Greer also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.75% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greer include English, Irish, German, Scots-Irish, and Italian. Greer also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 15.22%. The most common language spoken in Greer is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Vietnamese.
