Greenbrier is a somewhat small town located in the state of Tennessee. With a population of 6,972 people and four associated neighborhoods, Greenbrier is the 89th largest community in Tennessee. Greenbrier real estate is some of the most expensive in Tennessee, although Greenbrier house values don't compare to the most expensive real estate in the U.S.Greenbrier is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Greenbrier is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Greenbrier who work in office and administrative support (14.08%), sales jobs (8.82%), and management occupations (8.13%). Also of interest is that Greenbrier 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: 13.25% 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. One downside of living in Greenbrier, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 33.38 minutes every day commuting to work. Being a small town, Greenbrier does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The population of Greenbrier 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 Greenbrier, 22.54% have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Greenbrier in 2022 was $31,774, which is upper middle income relative to Tennessee, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,096 for a family of four. However, Greenbrier contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. The people who call Greenbrier home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greenbrier residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Greenbrier include German, English, Irish, European, and Russian. The most common language spoken in Greenbrier is English. Other important languages spoken here include Korean and Spanish.
