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Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area

778,848 Population
1,993.9 square miles 390.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 38.8 ±0.1

Economics

$31,996 ±$1,057 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $35,254 ±$312
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $38,332 ±$79
$57,908 ±$1,697 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $61,972 ±$541
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $69,717 ±$134

14% ±1.4% (105,624  ±10,169) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.4% 1,378,621 (±0.4% / ±37,327)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,393,176 (±0.1% / ±243,679)

22.8 minutes ±0.8 (7,023,200  ±321,573) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 24.5 97,370,030 (±0.2 / ±1,128,261)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 25.6 3,247,967,500 (±0 / ±6,621,416)

Families

307,003 ±4,108 Number of households
  • North Carolina: 4,179,632 ±15,192
  • United States: 127,544,730 ±97,632
2.5 ±0 (754,504  ±3,551) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,290,252 (±0)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 324,132,900

6.1% ±1.1% (11,437  ±2,078) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 4.8% 119,762 (±0.3% / ±6,563)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 3,922,188 (±0.1% / ±46,069)

Housing

341,006 ±1,451 Number of housing units
  • North Carolina: 4,801,698 ±420
  • United States: 142,148,050 ±4,219

$180,700 ±$6,850 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in North Carolina: $236,900 ±$2,044
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $281,400 ±$452

14.5% ±1.5% (111,684  ±11,783.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 13.5% 1,412,575 (±0.4% / ±36,140.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.8% 41,911,615 (±0.1% / ±181,549)

Social

89% ±2.3% (473,168  ±12,205.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 89.7% 6,499,145 (±0.6% / ±43,849.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.4% 203,920,983 (±0.1% / ±264,625.2)
31.5% ±1.2% (167,495  ±6,476.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 34.9% 2,529,657 (±0.4% / ±27,130.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 35% 79,903,463 (±0.1% / ±166,943.4)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2021 5-year data

8.8% ±0.8% (68,471  ±6,115) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.2% 869,786 (±0.2% / ±17,380)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 13.6% 45,270,104 (±0% / ±140,397)

6.1% ±0.6% (37,170  ±3,513) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 615,452 (±0.2% / ±13,155)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.4% 16,501,502 (±0% / ±78,614)
37,170 Total veterans ±3,513 33,721 Male ±3,138 3,449 Female ±1,284

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