Greeley is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of Colorado. With a population of 109,209 people and 32 associated neighborhoods, Greeley is the tenth largest community in Colorado.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Greeley is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Greeley is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greeley who work in office and administrative support (10.79%), sales jobs (9.19%), and management occupations (8.27%). Also of interest is that Greeley 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: 7.44% 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. In terms of college education, Greeley is somewhat better educated than the 21.84% who have a 4-year degree or higher in the typical US community: 26.76% of adults 25 and older in the city have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Greeley in 2022 was $31,565, which is lower middle income relative to Colorado, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $126,260 for a family of four. However, Greeley contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Greeley is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greeley home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greeley residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Greeley also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 39.89% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Greeley include German, English, Irish, Italian, and European. The most common language spoken in Greeley is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.
