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Greensboro Metro

Greensboro-High Point, NC · 3 counties · 805,945 residents (2025 est.) · 1,994 sq mi
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Greensboro is a metro area of 786,419 people. 142,989 more people live here than in 2000. Home values have more than doubled since 2000, reaching $237,517. Median rent is $1,070 a month. Median household income is $65,866, under the $82,259 national median. 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

At a glance
Lower income
below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 39.1
US median: 38.9
Average education
33% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 28%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Section 01

Population & growth

Total population
786,419
+22%since 2000
from 643,430 in 2000
805,945 in 2025 (Census Bureau estimate)
1990 – 2025
Population density
394 / sq mi
+22%since 2000
from 323 / sq mi in 2000
US average: 281
Median age
39.1
+10%since 2000
from 35.7 in 2000
US average: 38.9
Land area
1,994 sq mi
Population, 1990 – 2024
515K589K663K737K811K19902000201020202024Greensboro
2024786K
1990201020202024
Age distribution, 2024
Under 55.5%(43,158)
US avg: 5.6%
5 to 96.2%(49,114)
US avg: 6%
10 to 146.1%(48,113)
US avg: 6.4%
15 to 197.6%(59,984)
US avg: 6.6%
20 to 246.9%(54,182)
US avg: 6.5%
25 to 3412.9%(101,576)
US avg: 13.7%
35 to 4412.1%(95,547)
US avg: 13.2%
45 to 5412.6%(99,255)
US avg: 12.2%
55 to 6413%(101,942)
US avg: 12.7%
65 to 7410%(79,004)
US avg: 10.2%
75 to 845.1%(39,858)
US avg: 5.1%
85 and over1.9%(14,686)
US avg: 1.9%
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Section 02

Income & economy

Median household income
$65,866
−11%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $40,490 in 2000
US average: $82,259
1990 – 2024
Per capita income
$37,114
+73%since 2000
from $21,417 in 2000
US average: $44,673
Households earning $100K+
43.9%
+18.3 ptssince 2009
from 25.6% in 2009
US average: 53.3%
Poverty rate
14.8%
+4.1 ptssince 2000
from 10.6% in 2000
US average: 12.5%
Income inequality (Gini)
0.466
+1%since 2010
from 0.462 in 2010
US average: 0.476
Workforce by industry, 2024
Retail trade15.5%
US avg: 9.9%
Information11.6%
US avg: 10.8%
Finance & insurance6.8%
US avg: 5.9%
Other services6.5%
US avg: 6.7%
Professional, scientific, technical6.1%
US avg: 5.1%
Wholesale trade5.8%
US avg: 6.9%
Public administration4.7%
US avg: 4.8%
Transportation & warehousing2.6%
US avg: 2.2%
Arts, entertainment, food1.2%
US avg: 1.9%
Education & health services0.7%
US avg: 0.9%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing0.6%
US avg: 1.6%
Construction0.6%
US avg: 1.2%
Manufacturing0.1%
US avg: 0.4%
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Section 03

Housing

Median home value
$237,517
+28%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $102,255 in 2000
US average: $376,019
1990 – 2024
Median gross rent
$1,070
+8%inflation adjusted, since 2000
from $542 in 2000
US average: $1,442
Owner-occupied
63.7%
−3.3 ptssince 2000
from 67.1% in 2000
36.3% rent
Vacancy rate
8.0%
−2.8 ptssince 2009
from 10.8% in 2009
US average: 10.0%
Persons per household
2.39 people
−2%since 2009
from 2.43 people in 2009
US average: 2.54
Owner cost-burdened
18.5%
−7.3 ptssince 2009
from 25.8% in 2009
US average: 22.9%
Renter cost-burdened
46.1%
+1.8 ptssince 2009
from 44.3% in 2009
US average: 47.4%
Afford Score
3.6
+15%since 2009
from 3.1 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Years of local income it takes to buy a local home, on a scale of about 0 to 15. Lower is more affordable.
Gentrification Score
52
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means faster recent growth in incomes, home values, and college degrees.
Section 04

Race & ethnicity

2000
White, non-Hispanic69.5%(447,120)
Black22.9%(147,460)
Hispanic / Latino4.3%(27,456)
Asian1.8%(11,264)
Other0%
2024
White, non-Hispanic54.2%(426,436)
Black26.5%(208,149)
Hispanic / Latino10.5%(82,211)
Asian4%(31,712)
Other4.8%(37,911)
Diversity Score
74
+20%since 2009
from 62 in 2009
2009 – 2024
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means a more even mix of racial and ethnic groups.
Segregation Score
43
−7%since 2020
from 46 in 2020
Our index, 0 to 100. Higher means White and non-White residents are more separated across neighborhoods.
Section 04 · Origins

Detailed origins & ancestry

Hispanic origin
Mexican6.1%(48,132)
Central American1.3%(10,308)
Puerto Rican1.2%(9,331)
South American0.6%(4,468)
Salvadoran0.5%(4,097)
Dominican0.4%(2,843)
Guatemalan0.3%(2,720)
Honduran0.2%(1,826)
Cuban0.2%(1,749)
Colombian0.2%(1,688)
Spaniard0.2%(1,200)
Nicaraguan0.1%(1,139)
+ 9 more hispanic origin groups with data
Venezuelan0.1%(921)
Argentine0.1%(573)
Peruvian0.1%(520)
Ecuadorian0.1%(392)
Panamanian0%(187)
Chilean0%(173)
Uruguayan0%(101)
Bolivian0%(34)
Asian origin
Vietnamese0.8%(6,643)
Asian Indian0.9%(6,369)
Chinese0.5%(3,746)
Pakistani0.5%(3,422)
Filipino0.3%(2,422)
Laotian0.2%(1,648)
Burmese0.2%(1,425)
Korean0.2%(1,204)
Nepalese0.2%(964)
Kazakh0.1%(769)
Cambodian0.1%(690)
Thai0.1%(370)
+ 9 more asian origin groups with data
Japanese0%(307)
Bhutanese0%(206)
Taiwanese0%(136)
Hmong0%(100)
Mongolian0%(44)
Okinawan0%(40)
Malaysian0%(26)
Pacific Islander origin
Chamorro0%(271)
Guamanian0%(91)
Samoan0%(62)
Ancestry
English11.8%(92,619)
German8.2%(64,567)
American7.5%(58,712)
Irish6.8%(53,128)
Subsaharan African2.5%(19,764)
Italian2.4%(18,901)
Scottish2.3%(17,920)
Scotch-Irish1.8%(14,407)
French1.2%(9,563)
Polish1%(7,817)
West Indian0.8%(6,186)
Dutch0.6%(4,525)
+ 50 more ancestry groups with data
Arab0.5%(3,978)
Nigerian0.5%(3,928)
Swedish0.4%(3,273)
Welsh0.4%(3,271)
Norwegian0.4%(2,759)
Haitian0.3%(2,577)
British0.3%(2,492)
Jamaican0.3%(2,136)
Russian0.3%(2,027)
French Canadian0.3%(1,970)
Greek0.2%(1,715)
Hungarian0.2%(1,203)
Ukrainian0.1%(975)
Swiss0.1%(935)
Lebanese0.1%(928)
Danish0.1%(808)
Ethiopian0.1%(806)
Czech0.1%(801)
Canadian0.1%(728)
Portuguese0.1%(708)
Egyptian0.1%(669)
Slovak0.1%(643)
Austrian0.1%(604)
Lithuanian0.1%(591)
Iranian0.1%(534)
Romanian0.1%(496)
Brazilian0.1%(449)
Croatian0%(336)
Barbadian0.1%(328)
Guyanese0.1%(312)
Moroccan0%(307)
Finnish0%(302)
Jordanian0.1%(299)
Ghanaian0.1%(280)
Somali0%(270)
Australian0%(178)
Kenyan0%(170)
Turkish0%(165)
Syrian0%(158)
Serbian0%(154)
Iraqi0%(153)
Belgian0%(149)
Slovene0%(149)
Israeli0%(130)
Armenian0%(117)
Bulgarian0%(109)
Latvian0%(73)
Section 05

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher
32.5%
+8.9 ptssince 2000
from 23.6% in 2000
US average: 35.6%
High school or higher
89.0%
+10.6 ptssince 2000
from 78.3% in 2000
US average: 89.6%
Graduate degree
11.9%
+4.9 ptssince 2000
from 7.0% in 2000
US average: 14.0%
Section 06

Commute & transportation

Average commute
23.2 min
+62%since 2000
from 14.3 min in 2000
US average: 26.5
Drive alone to work
75.7%
−6.6 ptssince 2009
from 82.3% in 2009
US average: 68.9%
Carpooled to work
8.7%
−1.9 ptssince 2009
from 10.7% in 2009
US average: 8.5%
Public transit
0.8%
−0.3 ptssince 2009
from 1.1% in 2009
US average: 3.2%
Worked from home
11.8%
+8.6 ptssince 2009
from 3.3% in 2009
US average: 15.0%
Walked to work
1.4%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 1.5% in 2009
US average: 2.4%
Biked to work
0.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2009
from 0.2% in 2009
US average: 0.4%
No vehicle available
6.1%
−0.6 ptssince 2009
from 6.8% in 2009
US average: 8.3%
Section 07

Work & employment

Unemployment rate
4.5%
−5.6 ptssince 2011
from 10.1% in 2011
US average: 5.2%
Labor force participation
62.6%
−3.2 ptssince 2011
from 65.8% in 2011
US average: 63.5%
Women 20-64 in the labor force
74.4%
+1.2 ptssince 2020
from 73.2% in 2020
US average: 74.6%
Self-employed
12.4%
+0.9 ptssince 2009
from 11.5% in 2009
US average: 13.1%
Management & professional
37.7%
+6.2 ptssince 2009
from 31.5% in 2009
US average: 42.5%
Section 08

People & community

Male
48.0%
−0.2 ptssince 2009
from 48.2% in 2009
Female
52.0%
+0.2 ptssince 2009
from 51.8% in 2009
Foreign born
9.9%
+2.3 ptssince 2009
from 7.6% in 2009
US average: 14.1%
Veterans
6.1%
−3.9 ptssince 2009
from 10.0% in 2009
US average: 6.2%
With a disability
13.6%
+1.8 ptssince 2012
from 11.8% in 2012
US average: 13.3%
Uninsured
9.0%
−7.3 ptssince 2013
from 16.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Broadband at home
89.7%
+19.8 ptssince 2017
from 69.9% in 2017
US average: 91.0%
Computer in household
94.4%
+5.6 ptssince 2020
from 88.8% in 2020
US average: 95.5%
Same house as last year
86.7%
+1.1 ptssince 2020
from 85.6% in 2020
US average: 87.7%
English only at home
85.0%
−3.2 ptssince 2016
from 88.2% in 2016
US average: 77.7%
Spanish at home
8.1%
+1.3 ptssince 2016
from 6.8% in 2016
US average: 13.6%
Marital status
Men 15+
Never married37%(113,421)
Married50.8%(155,486)
Widowed3.3%(10,119)
Divorced8.9%(27,142)
Women 15+
Never married33.7%(114,466)
Married45.1%(153,305)
Widowed8.9%(30,099)
Divorced12.4%(41,996)
SHARE WITHIN EACH SEX · POPULATION 15 AND OVER · 2024
Section 09

Health coverage

Uninsured
9.0%
−7.3 ptssince 2013
from 16.3% in 2013
US average: 8.4%
Employer-based
51.2%
−1.0 ptssince 2020
from 52.3% in 2020
US average: 54.8%
Direct-purchase
14.5%
−0.2 ptssince 2020
from 14.7% in 2020
US average: 13.8%
Medicare
18.9%
+0.2 ptssince 2020
from 18.6% in 2020
US average: 18.4%
Medicaid
21.7%
+2.0 ptssince 2020
from 19.7% in 2020
US average: 20.9%
VA health care
2.1%
−0.1 ptssince 2020
from 2.1% in 2020
US average: 2.2%
Any private
64.0%
−1.3 ptssince 2020
from 65.3% in 2020
US average: 67.1%
Any public
38.1%
+2.1 ptssince 2020
from 36.0% in 2020
US average: 36.7%

Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.

Section 09 · Service history

Veterans

Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)23.9%(8,947)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)21.8%(8,161)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era35%(13,118)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War4.2%(1,577)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(407)
US avg: 1%

Share of the 37,504 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.

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GreensboroCENTRAL308,667High PointCENTRAL120,571Asheboro27,990Eden15,500Reidsville14,692Archdale12,254Summerfield11,327Oak Ridge7,896Trinity7,274Stokesdale6,133Pleasant Garden5,165Randleman4,767Forest Oaks4,293Jamestown3,803Wentworth2,774Liberty2,739Mayodan2,503Madison2,190Ramseur1,806Stoneville1,364Franklinville1,256Sedalia691McLeansville688Whitsett606Ruffin423Staley405Seagrove248
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Guilford CountyCENTRAL562,234Randolph County149,516Rockingham County94,195
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Frequently asked

How many people live in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

Greensboro-High Point, NC has about 786,419 residents according to the 2024 American Community Survey.

What is the median household income in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

The typical household in Greensboro-High Point, NC earns about $65,866 a year. Half of households make more than that, and half make less.

Is Greensboro-High Point, NC expensive?

In Greensboro-High Point, NC, the median home is worth about $237,517, and the typical rent is about $1,070 a month.

How educated are people in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

About 32.5% of adults age 25 and over in Greensboro-High Point, NC hold a bachelor's degree or higher.

What is the poverty rate in Greensboro-High Point, NC?

About 14.8% of people in Greensboro-High Point, NC live below the federal poverty line.

Has Greensboro-High Point, NC grown since 1990?

Yes, Greensboro-High Point, NC has grown since 1990. The population has added about 246,389 residents, a change of about 46 percent over that period.

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DATA: US CENSUS BUREAU ACS 5-YEAR + DECENNIAL CENSUS · METRO ROLLUP OF COMPONENT COUNTIES · UPDATED 2024

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