Demographics
GREEWICH BY THE NUMBERS
• The town consists of 48 square miles bor- • There are 7 fire stations, 2 of which are
dered on the north and west by New York manned by volunteers.
State and on the south by 31 miles of Long
Island Sound coastline. • The police force, headed by Chief David Rid-
berg, consists of 156 Officers. Greenwich
• Greenwich’s population is approach- is considered the safest community in Con-
ing 62,000, its median household in- necticut and one of the safest in the United
come is near $122,000, and its per States.
capita income is $108,000.
I can tell you as a thirty-year resident that
• The average home price is the police care about the town and its
$2,850,000 Total assessed value citizens; they are very quick to respond
of all property is $32 billion, of to the many calls they receive each year
which $18 billion is residential. (the estimate is 40,000).
This is quite a return on 25
coats (see History).
• There are over 35,000 people em-
ployed in Greenwich, more than the
number that commutes. Ten per-
cent of hedge-fund money is now
managed in Greenwich, amounting
to about $120 billion.
• Greenwich is 33 miles from New York City,
180 miles from Boston, and about 1,600
miles from Palm Beach.
• The average temperature ranges from 21 to
36 degrees Fahrenheit in the winter to 65 to
83 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer.
• Precipitation totals about 50 inches per
year, and snowfall recently has been very
little but averages.
• There are 40 places of worship, repre-
senting a wide range of religions and de-
nominations (see page)
• Greenwich has 11 elementary schools,
3 middle schools, and 1 high school. In
addition there are several excellent
private schools as well as a school for
students with special needs.
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