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. Greer 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 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.

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.

Even though Greer is not a small city, it doesn't have a public transportation system that anybody uses for their daily commute to work.

The citizens of Greer are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 38.51% of adults in Greer have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Greer in 2018 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.