Greenville is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Greenville enrolled in college, Greenville has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
In terms of college education, Greenville is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.41% of adults 25 and older in the borough have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Greenville in 2022 was $27,460, which is low income relative to Pennsylvania, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,840 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 German, Irish, Italian, English, and Polish.
The most common language spoken in Greenville is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and West Germanic languages.
