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Greensboro, NC

307,372 Population
134.3 square miles 2,288.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.9 ±1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$38,812 ±$1,708 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $36,919 ±$1,019
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $42,777 ±$387
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$63,516 ±$3,723 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $66,072 ±$2,072
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $73,958 ±$863
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

15.2% ±2.5% (43,818  ±7,108) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 13.9% † 106,896 (±1.4% / ±10,733)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 12.6% 1,349,479 (±0.3% / ±29,119)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

21.9 minutes ±1 (2,792,475  ±183,444) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 23.6 7,926,435 (±0.7 / ±314,343)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.7 116,963,336 (±0.2 / ±1,127,069)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

129,645 ±3,956 Number of households
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 329,625 ±3,004
  • North Carolina: 4,496,359 ±13,556
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.2 ±0.1 (287,898  ±468) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 2.3 770,192 (±0 / ±779)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,760,395
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

3.6% ±1.8% (3,097  ±1,537) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 4.8% † 9,349 (±1.2% / ±2,287)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 136,689 (±0.3% / ±6,834)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

139,194 ±3,547 Number of housing units
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 350,776 ±350
  • North Carolina: 5,073,509 ±767
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$290,200 ±$15,072 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $271,000 ±$7,795
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $333,000 ±$1,908
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

19.4% ±2.9% (59,024  ±8,902.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 13.3% † 105,453 (±1.4% / ±10,957.7)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.2% 1,332,016 (±0.3% / ±34,277.7)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90.7% ±3.9% (181,602  ±8,577.4) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 89% 482,613 (±2.3% / ±12,709.9)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.9% 6,947,037 (±0.6% / ±48,858.6)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
41.4% ±2.7% (82,852  ±5,540.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 32.1% 173,942 (±1.3% / ±7,238)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 37.1% 2,839,924 (±0.4% / ±29,108.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

14% ±1.6% (42,917  ±5,028) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 10.3% 82,370
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 9.9% 1,093,166
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.1% ±0.6% (10,010  ±1,563) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 5.6% 35,462 (±0.5% / ±2,909)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 7.2% 621,063 (±0.1% / ±12,128)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
10,010 Total veterans ±1,563 9,097 Male ±1,477 913 Female ±545

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