Latest Census city estimates released May 14, 2026 · Population as of July 1, 2025 · Next city estimates scheduled for May 2027. Release schedule
Greensboro, North Carolina population is 308,667 as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimate), ranking #67 nationally and #3 in North Carolina. Cost of living runs 7.1% below the U.S. average (BEA RPP 2024); the four-person spending scenario corresponds to modeled gross income of $101,208/yr (TY2026 tax assumptions; partial scenario excluding unverified local income tax). This profile draws on 13 federal datasets covering population, housing, income, employment, climate, and risk.
308,667 people live in Greensboro as of July 1, 2025 (U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025), the #67 largest U.S. city.
How big is Greensboro?
Greensboro covers 134.7 square miles of land and 5.2 square miles of water. Its population density is about 2,291 residents per square mile of land. Compare U.S. cities by land area →
Source detail: 2025 population
2025 population
Source agency
U.S. Census Bureau, Population Division
Dataset
Census PEP
Vintage / period
Vintage 2025 (Jul 1, 2025)
Native geography
Census PEP subcounty place records for the included city universe.
Transformation
Copied from POPESTIMATE2025, joined by Census GEOID, and used for ranks, filters, and city pages.
Known limit: Annual estimate, not a decennial count; each new PEP vintage can revise the prior series.
Population grew 3.2% from the April 2020 base to mid-2025.
Vintage 2025 · annual estimates
Recent history (V2025 series, 2020 base → 2025).
2020 base: 299,197 → 2025: 308,667 (+3.2%)
Year
Population
Reference date
2020 base
299,197
April 1, 2020
2020
295,849
July 1, 2020
2021
297,879
July 1, 2021
2022
300,706
July 1, 2022
2023
303,093
July 1, 2023
2024
306,355
July 1, 2024
2025
308,667
July 1, 2025
Earlier history (2010–2019, prior Census vintage)
These figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Vintage 2019 release — a separate, earlier methodology. They’re shown here as historical context only; the 2010 and 2019 values aren’t directly comparable to the 2020–2025 series above.
Population grew 10.1% from the July 2010 estimate to 2019 (V2019 — see seam note below).
Greensboro is the #67 largest of 19,483 U.S. cities and #3 in North Carolina.
▸Show the analyst detail (9 rows)
Measure
Value
Note
2020 base
299,197
April 1, 2020 census base
5-yr change
+9,470
2020 base → 2025; within V2025
5-yr change %
+3.2%
within V2025 only
1-yr change
+2,312
2024 → 2025 estimate
1-yr change %
+0.8%
within V2025 only
Density
2,291
people per sq mi, land only
Land area
134.7
sq mi (2025 Gazetteer)
U.S. rank by population
#67
of 19,483 cities
State rank by population
#3
of 549 in North Carolina
What is the median household income in Greensboro?
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: household income $80,734 ± $166; per-capita income $44,673 ± $122. Margins are at 90% confidence. Comparison badges describe point estimates; they are not significance tests.
Median household income is 24% below the U.S. median ($61,515 vs $80,734); 17.0% live in poverty, 4.6 points above the 12.5% U.S. estimate.
Median household income$61,515
US
Greensboro: $61,515 — 24% below the US median of $80,734.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS income data; censored rows retained in the distribution
Greensboro
$61,515
United States
$80,734
Income and poverty estimates for Greensboro from the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey (ACS) 5-Year estimates (window 2020–2024). Every figure is shown with its 90% margin of error (MOE). Cells where the ± margin exceeds half the estimate are flagged "low precision." See methodology §12.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median household income
$61,515-23.8% vs US
±$1,510
Per capita income
$37,531-16.0% vs US
±$835
Population in poverty
17.0% ± 1.1 percentage points
share of population for whom poverty status is determined
Median home value is 26% below the U.S. median ($244,800 vs $332,700); median rent is 17% below ($1,172 vs $1,413); price-to-income ratio (4.0×) is roughly in line with the U.S. median (4.1×).
Median home value$244,800
US
Greensboro: $244,800 — 26% below the US median of $332,700.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with ACS home-value data; censored rows retained in the distribution
HUD 2-BR fair-market rent$1,330/mo
US
Greensboro: $1,330/mo — 23% above the US median of $1,077/mo.
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of cities with a HUD Fair Market Rent
Same-period U.S. benchmarks: home value $332,700 ± $236; gross rent $1,413 ± $2. Comparison badges describe estimates and do not establish statistical significance.
Measure
Estimate
± margin / note
Median value, owner-occupied units
$244,800-26.4% vs US
±$5,734
Median gross rent
$1,172-17.1% vs US
±$15
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR (FY2026)
$1,330-11.9% vs US
Greensboro-High Point, NC HUD Metro FMR Area· 40th-percentile gross rent · HUD methodology
Owner-occupied share
50.5% ± 1.2 percentage points
of occupied housing units
Price-to-income ratio
4.0x± 0.14x approximate 90% MOE-3.4% vs US
median home value ÷ median household income · U.S. ratio: 4.1x
Rent-burdened (≥30% of income)
54.7% ± 2.5 percentage points+7.0% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 51.1%
Severely rent-burdened (≥50%)
24.9% ± 1.6 percentage points-4.0% vs US
renters with a computed rent/income ratio · U.S. share: 25.9%
Poverty (Census SAIPE 2024, model-based), unemployment (BLS LAUS 2025 annual averages), and remote-work share (ACS 2020–2024) for Greensboro. Numbers are labeled at their native grain — place-grain when BLS publishes it, otherwise per-county. We do not compute population-weighted county averages. See methodology §13.
Measure
Value
Grain
Unemployment rate (annual avg)
4.4%
Greensboro (BLS sub-state LAUS)
Civilian labor force
149,785
2025 annual avg
Worked from home
13.8% ± 0.9 percentage points-8.4% vs US
share of workers 16+ working from home · U.S. share: 15.1% · ACS
County context — Greensboro sits in Guilford County:
County
Poverty rate
Median HH income
Unemployment
Guilford County
13.5%
$70,304
4.3%
Top industries by private employment — NAICS supersectors rolled up from Greensboro's linked county in the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW, 2025 annual averages). See methodology §11.
#
Industry (NAICS supersector)
Private employment
Avg weekly wage
#1
Health care and social assistance (62)
39,825
$1,251 / wk
#2
Manufacturing (31-33)
31,473
$1,546 / wk
#3
Retail trade (44-45)
31,407
$811 / wk
#4
Accommodation and food services (72)
27,075
$480 / wk
#5
Administrative and waste services (56)
23,192
$949 / wk
What workers earn in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro — top occupations by employment plus six curated benchmarks (registered nurse, software developer, elementary teacher, general manager, retail salesperson, truck driver). Wages are metro-area medians from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). See methodology §25.
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand is the largest tracked occupation in the Greensboro-High Point, NC metro (13,470 jobs, median $37,190/yr).
▸Show all 13 occupations
Occupation
Employment
Median annual
Median hourly
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
13,470
$37,190
$17.88
Cashiers
7,510
$28,630
$13.77
Stockers and Order Fillers
7,470
$35,840
$17.23
Customer Service Representatives
7,460
$41,240
$19.83
Cooks, Fast Food
6,850
$27,880
$13.40
Fast Food and Counter Workers
6,790
$28,200
$13.56
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators
5,890
$41,260
$19.84
Retail Salespersons · benchmark
9,510
$30,750
$14.78
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers · benchmark
6,480
$58,480
$28.12
Registered Nurses · benchmark
6,240
$82,860
$39.84
General and Operations Managers · benchmark
4,710
$100,930
$48.53
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education · benchmark
All items run 7.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 92.9); rents run 25.5% below (RPP 74.5) — the metro's housing affordability is the main driver.
Cost of living (RPP, all items)RPP 92.9
US
Greensboro's cost of living runs 7.1% below the U.S. average (RPP 92.9 vs 100).
Scale: 10th–90th percentile of metro/non-metro areas with a BEA price parity
BEA Regional Price Parity (all items)
RPP 92.9
−7.1% vs U.S. average · BEA 2024 · Greensboro-High Point, NC metro
HUD Fair Market Rent, 2-BR
$1,330/mo
FY2026 · Greensboro-High Point, NC HUD Metro FMR Area
State income tax (top marginal rate)
3.99%
flat · TY2026
Four-person monthly spending scenario
$8,434/mo
3BR rent + food + childcare + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
One-person monthly spending scenario
$3,399/mo
1BR rent + food + taxes + transport · federal sources; excludes unverified local income tax
Local income tax
—
Unverified and excluded from the spending scenario; not a verified zero
Household budget figures are arithmetic floors using current federal sources at the grains documented in methodology. Not a recommended salary, not a poverty threshold, not a composite score.
12.7% ± 0.8 percentage points foreign-born (U.S. share 14.1%); Spanish is the most-spoken language at home other than English (7.9% of residents 5+).
A quick read on Greensboro's residents — nativity and languages spoken at home shown above, from the ACS 5-Year 2020–2024. The full demographic breakdown (age, race and ethnicity, household types, and educational attainment, each with its margin of error) lives on the demographics page.
Hottest month: July (89°F avg high). Coldest: January (29°F avg low). Annual precipitation: 45.5 in.
30-year climate normals (1991-2020) for Greensboro from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. See methodology §15 for the gridded vs. station source path.
Average monthly highs & lows · 30-year normal (NOAA 1991–2020). Every number on this chart is an average.
bar = avg daily high → avg daily lowprecip in inches below each barprecip in millimeters below each bar
Natural-hazard exposure for Greensboro from the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency's National Risk Index (FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0). NRI is an expected-annual-loss composite calibrated on 1996–2019 historical losses, published at the U.S. county grain. See methodology §17.
County
NRI composite
Rating
Top hazards
Guilford County
93.4
Relatively Moderate
Ice Storm 96.7 Very High · Riverine Flooding 96.6 Relatively High · Winter Weather 96.0 Relatively High
Source: FEMA National Risk Index · FEMA NRI December 2025 v1.20.0 · methodology →
How fast is home internet in Greensboro?
12 non-satellite ISPs serve the area; 62% of locations have gigabit-capable service per ISP filings.
Fixed broadband availability for Greensboro from the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's Broadband Data Collection (BDC), as of December 31, 2025. Every speed and provider count below is an ISP-reported advertised maximum — not measured throughput. Actual delivered speeds typically run 60–80% of advertised. See methodology §16.
Measure
Value
Note
Providers serving this city
12 + satellite
distinct ISPs, excluding satellite-only
Fiber providers
11
offer fiber-to-the-premises somewhere in the BDC
Units with ≥100/20 Mbps fixed
100.0%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Locations with ≥100 Mbps upload
61.6%
derived: max(fiber ≥100/20, gigabit). Fiber is symmetric; gigabit is ≥100 up by definition
Units with ≥1 Gbps fixed
61.6%
share of broadband-serviceable units, ISP-reported max
Total broadband-serviceable units
149,148
residential locations in the FCC Fabric (not households)
Source: FCC BDC · as of December 31, 2025 · methodology →
How much crime is reported in Greensboro?
In 2024, law enforcement reported 2,811 violent and 10,295 property offenses in the Greensboro jurisdiction — a violent-crime rate of 923.7 per 100,000, above the U.S. estimate of 359.1.
Reported offenses known to law enforcement from the FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CIUS Table 8), 2024. Figures describe the FBI agency jurisdiction: Greensboro — an FBI jurisdiction population of 304,306, versus the Census place population of 308,667. The rate per 100,000 is the FBI's own (count ÷ that jurisdiction population), never divided by the Census place figure. These are reported crimes under voluntary participation — not measured or victimization crime — and the FBI cautions against using them to rank or compare places. See methodology §31.
Offenses known, 2024
Count
Rate /100k
U.S. rate
Violent crime
2,811
923.7
359.1
Property crime
10,295
3,383.1
1,760.1
▸Offense breakdown and 3-year trend
Offense, 2024
Count
Murder and nonnegligent manslaughter
43
Rape
80
Robbery
528
Aggravated assault
2,160
Burglary
1,468
Larceny-theft
7,024
Motor vehicle theft
1,803
Arson (12-month reporters only)
90
Year
Violent /100k
Property /100k
Jurisdiction pop.
2022
819.2
3,785.5
298,719
2023
826.1
3,734.4
303,237
2024
923.7
3,383.1
304,306
Only years the agency reported a complete 12 months appear; the FBI does not estimate missing agency-years, so a gap is a non-reporting year, not zero crime.
U.S. rate is the FBI national estimate (imputes non-reporting agencies); the city figures are reported-only. Source: FBI UCR CIUS Table 8 (2022–2024) · FBI agency jurisdiction: Greensboro · methodology → · FBI Crime Data Explorer →
In-state context.
Greensboro sits at state rank #3 among 549 cities in North Carolina. Nearby in the state ranking:
Just above in the profiled set: Cincinnati, OH · #66 · 314,367 residents.
Just below in the profiled set: Pittsburgh, PA · #68 · 307,632 residents.
Quick travel facts for Greensboro
Quick travel facts.
Elevation
823 ft · at city centroid, from USGS 3D Elevation Program
Nearest scheduled-service airport
Piedmont Triad International Airport(GSO) · 6 mi 10 km from city centroid
Best months to visit
May, Oct · months when the avg high sits in 65–80°F and precipitation is at or below the city's median monthly precip
Sources: elevation from USGS 3DEP · nearest airport from OurAirports CSV (OurAirports type=large/medium and scheduled_service=yes; not an FAA service classification) · best months derived from NOAA 1991-2020 normals · methodology →
Frequently asked questions about Greensboro.
How many people live in Greensboro, NC?
Greensboro has 308,667 residents as of July 1, 2025, making it the #67 largest city in the United States and #3 in North Carolina. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program, Vintage 2025.
Is Greensboro growing or shrinking?
Greensboro has grown 3.2% since the April 2020 census baseline, adding 9,470 residents, including a 0.8% increase from 2024 to 2025. Source: Census PEP Vintage 2025.
What was Greensboro's population in the 2020 census?
The GEOID for Greensboro is 3728000. These are the official datasets used by this profile's main data modules; click "methodology" for inclusion rules and the V2019 ↔ V2025 seam, or "source" for the raw publisher page. The headline population value above includes a source-detail disclosure with publisher, dataset, vintage, native geography, transformation, and caveat.
