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Greendale, IN

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Overview


Greendale is a very small city located in the state of Indiana. With a population of 4,564 people and just one neighborhood, Greendale is the 136th largest community in Indiana.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greendale is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greendale is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greendale who work in sales jobs (11.67%), teaching (10.82%), and healthcare (10.54%).

Also of interest is that Greendale has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Setting & Lifestyle

Greendale is a small city, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Demographics

The population of Greendale overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Greendale, 24.26% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Greendale in 2022 was $32,622, which is upper middle income relative to Indiana, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,488 for a family of four. However, Greendale contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Greendale home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greendale residents report their race to be White. Important ancestries of people in Greendale include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Greendale is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Swiss and Lebanese ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 3.1% of this neighborhood's residents have Swiss ancestry and 1.5% have Lebanese ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Greendale are middle-income, making it a moderate income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 54.3% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 7.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 57.4% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 36.8% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 30.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.2%), and 10.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 99.1% of households.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Greendale, IN, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (24.6%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.6%), and residents who report Irish roots (7.4%), and some of the residents are also of Scots-Irish ancestry (3.6%), along with some Swiss ancestry residents (3.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (36.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (79.7%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (17.6%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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