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City in North Carolina

Greensboro, NC

Guilford County

City in North Carolina, United States of America.

Population
307,381 (2024)
Density
2,281 / sq mi
Land area
134.7 sq mi
Water area
5.2 sq mi
Elevation
892 ft
Founded
1808
Coordinates
36.0949, -79.8236

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Photos of Greensboro

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  • THE WOMEN'S HOSPITAL OF GREENSBORO - panoramio

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  • GUILFORD HILLS - panoramio

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Climate

July average high
89Ā°F
January average low
30Ā°F
Annual rainfall
44.0 in
Annual snowfall
7.1 in
  1. 49Ā° 30Ā° Jan 3.4"
  2. 53Ā° 33Ā° Feb 2.8"
  3. 61Ā° 39Ā° Mar 3.7"
  4. 71Ā° 48Ā° Apr 3.8"
  5. 78Ā° 57Ā° May 3.5"
  6. 85Ā° 65Ā° Jun 4.1"
  7. 89Ā° 69Ā° Jul 4.2"
  8. 87Ā° 68Ā° Aug 4.4"
  9. 80Ā° 62Ā° Sep 4.6"
  10. 71Ā° 49Ā° Oct 3.1"
  11. 61Ā° 39Ā° Nov 3.3"
  12. 52Ā° 33Ā° Dec 3.2"

NOAA 1991–2020 normals from Greensboro Ap (11 km from the city center). Bars show average low to high temperature; the blue column is average rainfall.

How Greensboro ranks

Local facts

Median household income
$58,884
Median rent
$1,114 / mo
Median home value
$221,300
Median age
34.1
Unemployment
5.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher
39.9%
Poverty rate
18.4%
Renter-occupied homes
49.7%

Public schools

Public schools located in the city, from the NCES Common Core of Data. Staffing figures describe resources, not school quality.

Public schools
84
Students enrolled
47,932
Students per teacher
16.0 : 1
Free or reduced-price lunch
69.8%
Charter schools
8.3%
School districts serving the city
9

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Districts: Guilford County Schools, Greensboro Academy, Guilford Preparatory Academy, Triad Math And Science Academy, Cornerstone Charter Academy

Health & wellbeing

CDC PLACES model-based estimates for adults (age-adjusted), not a count of diagnoses.

Adults with obesity
40.2%
No leisure-time physical activity
25.1%
Adults with diabetes
12.1%
Adults who smoke
14.4%
Frequent mental distress
17.8%
Sleeping under 7 hours
37.6%
Adults without health insurance
11.6%
Routine checkup in past year
80.2%

Parks, air & walkability

Residents within a 10-minute walk of a park
58.8%
Share of city that is parkland
8.5%
EPA walkability index (1-20)
9.4
Median air quality index (county)
41
Unhealthy air days (county)
0

Internet & commuting

Households with broadband
88.9%
Households with no internet
7.7%
Average commute
22.0 min
Work from home
11.8%
Commute by transit
2.4%
Commute on foot
2.4%
Commute by bike
0.2%

Natural hazard risk

FEMA rates Guilford County as relatively moderate overall for natural hazard risk, with 11 federally declared disasters in the past ten years.

  • Ice storm: very high
  • Riverine flooding: relatively high
  • Winter weather: relatively high
  • Lightning: relatively high

Data: Ā© OpenStreetMap contributors, FEMA National Risk Index, U.S. Census Bureau ACS, CDC PLACES, NCES Common Core of Data, The Trust for Public Land ParkServe, EPA AirData, EPA Smart Location Database, NOAA Climate Normals, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata

ZIP codes

  • 27214
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  • 27401
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  • 27407
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  • 27411
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