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Total population: 247,183 (Urban population: 245,777, Rural population: 1,406 (7 farm, 1,399 nonfarm))

Greensboro, North Carolina Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 99,133 (92,221 occupied: 48,759 owner occupied, 43,462 renter occupied)
% of renters here:  47%
State:  31%

Housing density: 947 houses/condos per square mile


Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2007 in this state: $189,142.


Median contract rent in 2007: $583 (lower quartile is $465, upper quartile is $694)


Housing units in Greensboro with a mortgage: 32,454 (4,159 second mortgage, 5,359 home equity loan, 213 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 11,665





Greensboro,NC index of house prices



Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $143,500 (it was $104,700 in 2000)
Greensboro:  $143,500
North Carolina:  $145,700
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $99,100 - $217,700

Mean price in 2007:
Detached houses: $197,135
Here:  $197,135
State:  $217,106

Townhouses or other attached units: $132,337
Here:  $132,337
State:  $176,568

In 2-unit structures: $275,000
Here:  $275,000
State:  $153,934

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $127,820
Here:  $127,820
State:  $163,212

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $108,952
Here:  $108,952
State:  $169,602

Mobile homes: $40,448
Here:  $40,448
State:  $45,354

Median year house/condo built: 1976

Median year apartment built: 1977

Household type by relationship

Households: 212,001
  • In family households: 163,994 (36,375 male householders, 17,690 female householders)
    37,717 spouses, 56,684 children (52,419 natural, 1,544 adopted, 2,721 stepchildren), 3,726 grandchildren, 2,581 brothers or sisters, 1,485 parents, 3,696 other relatives, 4,040 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 48,007 (16,529 male householders (12,200 living alone)), 21,490 female householders (17,945 living alone)), 9,988 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 11,298 (1,797 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 24,321 2-persons, 13,170 3-persons, 10,041 4-persons, 4,252 5-persons, 1,397 6-persons, 884 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 30,145 1-person, 6,445 2-persons, 1,049 3-persons, 263 4-persons, 77 5-persons, 20 6-persons, 20 7-or-more-persons.

28,352 married couples with children.
16,048 single-parent households (2,277 men, 13,771 women).

88.8% of residents of Greensboro speak English at home.
5.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (44% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 24% speak English not well, 11% don't speak English at all).
2.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 11% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (36% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 6% don't speak English at all).
1.1% of residents speak other language at home (62% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).

Foreign born population: 18,146 (8.1%)
(23.1% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:  6.2
State:  5.9

Median number of rooms in apartments:
Here:  4.0
State:  4.3

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Greensboro, North Carolina:
  • 1 room: 29
  • 2 rooms: 184
  • 3 rooms: 946
  • 4 rooms: 3,904
  • 5 rooms: 11,548
  • 6 rooms: 11,361
  • 7 rooms: 7,474
  • 8 rooms: 6,397
  • 9 or more rooms: 6,916



Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greensboro, North Carolina:
  • 1 room: 1,719
  • 2 rooms: 4,649
  • 3 rooms: 7,733
  • 4 rooms: 13,882
  • 5 rooms: 9,777
  • 6 rooms: 3,506
  • 7 rooms: 1,332
  • 8 rooms: 543
  • 9 or more rooms: 321



Year house built:

  • 1999 to March 2000: 2,939
  • 1995 to 1998: 9,090
  • 1990 to 1994: 8,446
  • 1980 to 1989: 17,782
  • 1970 to 1979: 18,247
  • 1960 to 1969: 15,979
  • 1950 to 1959: 13,316
  • 1940 to 1949: 6,296
  • 1939 or earlier: 7,038


Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Greensboro:
  • no bedroom: 58
  • 1 bedroom: 719
  • 2 bedrooms: 9,807
  • 3 bedrooms: 25,674
  • 4 bedrooms: 10,294
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 2,207



Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Greensboro:
  • no bedroom: 1,906
  • 1 bedroom: 11,680
  • 2 bedrooms: 20,218
  • 3 bedrooms: 8,335
  • 4 bedrooms: 1,097
  • 5 or more bedrooms: 226



Owners and renters by unit type in %



Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders



Cars and other vehicles available in Greensboro in owner-occupied houses/condos:
  • no vehicle: 1,580
  • 1 vehicle: 15,139
  • 2 vehicles: 22,071
  • 3 vehicles: 7,442
  • 4 vehicles: 1,970
  • 5 or more vehicles: 557



Cars and other vehicles available in Greensboro in n renter-occupied apartments
  • no vehicle: 6,486
  • 1 vehicle: 22,210
  • 2 vehicles: 12,002
  • 3 vehicles: 2,147
  • 4 vehicles: 391
  • 5 or more vehicles: 226


Greensboro, NC house values


Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Greensboro, NC:

  • Less than $10,000: 187
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 93
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 92
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 121
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 110
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 101
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 131
  • $40,000 to $49,999: 422
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 740
  • $60,000 to $69,999: 1124
  • $70,000 to $79,999: 1996
  • $80,000 to $89,999: 2620
  • $90,000 to $99,999: 3188
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 9873
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 7586
  • $150,000 to $174,999: 5310
  • $175,000 to $199,999: 4107
  • $200,000 to $249,999: 5566
  • $250,000 to $299,999: 3110
  • $300,000 to $399,999: 3429
  • $400,000 to $499,999: 1442
  • $500,000 to $749,999: 1420
  • $750,000 to $999,999: 563
  • $1,000,000 or more: 555
 


Greensboro rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Greensboro:

  • Less than $100: 1,279 people
  • $100 to $149: 670
  • $150 to $199: 679
  • $200 to $249: 691
  • $250 to $299: 1,075
  • $300 to $349: 1,821
  • $350 to $399: 2,340
  • $400 to $449: 2,994
  • $450 to $499: 3,981
  • $500 to $549: 4,801
  • $550 to $599: 4,961
  • $600 to $649: 4,685
  • $650 to $699: 4,098
  • $700 to $749: 3,412
  • $750 to $799: 2,715
  • $800 to $899: 3,333
  • $900 to $999: 1,192
  • $1,000 to $1,249: 1,230
  • $1,250 to $1,499: 432
  • $1,500 to $1,999: 396
  • $2,000 or more: 449
  • No cash rent: 1,065
 



Year of entry for the foreign-born population
  • 1995 to March 2000: 8,970
  • 1990 to 1994: 3,561
  • 1985 to 1989: 1,908
  • 1980 to 1984: 1,304
  • 1975 to 1979: 676
  • 1970 to 1974: 455
  • 1970 to 1974: 392
  • 1965 to 1969: 880

Greensboro, NC Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 90.6%
Number of people working at home: 3,003 (2.7% of all workers)


Greensboro travel time to work

Travel time to work

  • Less than 5 minutes: 2821
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 12645
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 22157
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 25318
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 19211
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 5497
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 11062
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 1890
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 1657
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 3085
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 2291
  • 90 or more minutes: 1988
 


Greensboro mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

  • Drove a car alone: 89,333 (79%)
  • Carpooled: 14,419 (13%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 1,513 (1%)
  • Streetcar or trolley car: 30 (0%)
  • Subway or elevated: 51 (0%)
  • Railroad: 50 (0%)
  • Ferryboat: 6 (0%)
  • Taxi: 245 (0%)
  • Motorcycle: 92 (0%)
  • Bicycle: 294 (0%)
  • Walked: 2,650 (2%)
  • Other means: 939 (1%)
  • Worked at home: 3,003 (3%)
 


Greensboro, NC household income

Household income:

  • Less than $10,000: 8481
  • $10,000 to $14,999: 5512
  • $15,000 to $19,999: 6185
  • $20,000 to $24,999: 6969
  • $25,000 to $29,999: 7017
  • $30,000 to $34,999: 6618
  • $35,000 to $39,999: 5584
  • $40,000 to $44,999: 5763
  • $45,000 to $49,999: 4707
  • $50,000 to $59,999: 8140
  • $60,000 to $74,999: 9114
  • $75,000 to $99,999: 7674
  • $100,000 to $124,999: 4041
  • $125,000 to $149,999: 1926
  • $150,000 to $199,999: 2035
  • $200,000 or more: 2318
 


First ancestries reported:

 Other groups: 86469
 English: 17039
 United States or American: 16391
 German: 12780
 Irish: 9272
 Scotch-Irish: 6746
 Italian: 4697
 Subsaharan African:: 4616
 Scottish: 3427
 African: 2897
 European: 2208
 French (except Basque): 2202
 Polish: 2018
 Dutch: 1499
 Swedish: 1130
 British: 1101
 Norwegian: 941
 Arab:: 909
 West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 694
 Russian: 690
 Welsh: 573
 Greek: 547
 Nigerian: 544
 French Canadian: 531
 Canadian: 400
 Hungarian: 351
 Somalian: 313
 Yugoslavian: 294
 Jamaican: 286
 Swiss: 266
 Ghanian: 242
 Austrian: 235
 Palestinian: 223
 Danish: 210
 Sudanese: 196
 Czech: 195
 Slovak: 194
 Egyptian: 189
 Lebanese: 178
 Portuguese: 176
 Iranian: 165
 Other Subsaharan African: 155
 Ukrainian: 154
 Eastern European: 149
 Scandinavian: 148
 Arab/Arabic: 147
 Northern European: 137
 Finnish: 114
 West Indian: 107
 Haitian: 98
 Lithuanian: 91
 Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 81
 Bulgarian: 73
 Sierra Leonean: 65
 Belgian: 64
 Ethiopian: 62
 Croatian: 62
 Jordanian: 57
 Czechoslovakian: 55
 Liberian: 51
 Brazilian: 45
 Other Arab: 43
 Acadian/Cajun: 42
 Romanian: 42
 Pennsylvania German: 39
 Moroccan: 39
 South African: 37
 Syrian: 33
 Serbian: 28
 Barbadian: 27
 Belizean: 25
 Basque: 22
 Kenyan: 22
 Icelander: 22
 Celtic: 20
 U.S. Virgin Islander: 19
 British West Indian: 19
 Guyanese: 18
 Afghan: 18
 Bahamian: 17
 Australian: 17
 Israeli: 17
 Slavic: 16
 Zimbabwean: 16
 Senegalese: 16
 Turkish: 14
 Albanian: 14
 Bermudan: 10
 Armenian: 10
 Maltese: 9
 Latvian: 6
 Other West Indian: 5
 Slovene: 4




Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents:



  • Mexico (27%)
  • Vietnam (10%)
  • India (5%)
  • Canada (3%)
  • Other Eastern Africa (3%)
  • United Kingdom (3%)
  • Korea (3%)

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

  • This state: 129114
  • Northeast: 21601
  • Midwest: 11502
  • South: 36498
  • West: 4580

47% of Greensboro residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 55% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 43% lived in North Carolina.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 840
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 423
  • 5th and 6th grade: 1,112
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,346
  • 9th grade: 1,543
  • 10th grade: 1,940
  • 11th grade: 1,748
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 2,125
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 13,516
  • Less than 1 year of college: 3,480
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 10,971
  • Associate degree: 3,485
  • Bachelor's degree: 15,456
  • Master's degree: 4,662
  • Professional school degree: 1,896
  • Doctorate degree: 1,277


Educational Attainment for Males


Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 760
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 226
  • 5th and 6th grade: 865
  • 7th and 8th grade: 1,581
  • 9th grade: 1,521
  • 10th grade: 2,075
  • 11th grade: 1,850
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 2,387
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 18,322
  • Less than 1 year of college: 4,819
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 12,364
  • Associate degree: 4,730
  • Bachelor's degree: 17,502
  • Master's degree: 5,753
  • Professional school degree: 911
  • Doctorate degree: 807


Educational Attainment for Females




Class of Workers


Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.6%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 4.0%


Unemployment rate for Black males: 11.2%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 9.9%


Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 2.4%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 2.8%


Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.4%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 3.3%


Unemployment rate for other race males: 4.5%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.9%


Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 7.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 10.1%


Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 5.6%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 12.3%


Median household income in 2007 for:

  • White non-Hispanic householders: $51,364
  • Black householders: $29,375
  • American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $20,825
  • Asian householders: $37,975
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $25,825
  • Some other race householders: $25,133
  • Two or more races householders: $40,675
  • Hispanic or Latino race householders: $26,216

Greensboro household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Greensboro household income for Black householders

Greensboro household income for American Indian and Alaska Native householders

Greensboro household income for Asian householders

Greensboro household income for Some other race householders

Greensboro household income for Two or more races householders

Greensboro household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Greensboro marital status for males

Greensboro marital status for females


Median 2007 house value for:

  • White Non-Hispanic householders: $174,475
  • Black or African American householders: $113,484
  • American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $116,499
  • Asian householders: $135,276
  • Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $102,793
  • Some other race householders: $130,205
  • Two or more races householders: $140,758
  • Hispanic or Latino householders: $136,921

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 54,326
  • One, attached: 6,002
  • Two: 2,644
  • 3 or 4: 6,624
  • 5 to 9: 12,464
  • 10 to 19: 9,001
  • 20 to 49: 2,887
  • 50 or more: 3,986
  • Mobile homes: 1,180
  • Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 19

Median worth of mobile homes: $8,100


Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 1%


Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Greensboro:

 


Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
  • Utility gas (66%)
  • Electricity (26%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (5%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)


Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
  • Electricity (61%)
  • Utility gas (34%)
  • Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (3%)
  • Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 2,435
Here:  10.7%
North Carolina:  8.2%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 693
Here:  6.3%
North Carolina:  6.9%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 3,604
Here:  17.6%
North Carolina:  20.2%



School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students



School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students



Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)



Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

 

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