Greensboro vs Newbern

A side-by-side comparison of Greensboro and Newbern: population, income, housing, and more.

Greensboro and Newbern are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensboro has the higher population (2,390 vs 334 in Newbern). Newbern has the higher median household income ($36,346 vs $31,207 in Greensboro). Greensboro has the higher median home value ($126,100 vs $95,000 in Newbern).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Newbern
Population	2,390	334
Median age	36.1 yrs	55.3 yrs
Median household income	$31,207	$36,346
Median home value	$126,100	$95,000
Median gross rent	$710	—
Housing units	1,221	158
Homeownership rate	52.4%	92.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.4%	3.6%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	22.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Newbern
Population	3,149 → 2,390 (-24.1%)	228 → 334 (+46.5%)
Median household income	$16,591 → $31,207 (+88.1%)	$17,917 → $36,346 (+102.9%)
Median home value	$66,500 → $126,100 (+89.6%)	$64,000 → $95,000 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $710 (+55.0%)	—

Greensboro

Population

3,1492,390

Median household income

$16,591$31,207

Median home value

$66,500$126,100

Median gross rent

$458$710

Newbern

Population

228334

Median household income

$17,917$36,346

Median home value

$64,000$95,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	Newbern
Under 5	5.6%	1.8%
5 to 17	15.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.0%
25 to 34	22.9%	2.4%
35 to 44	13.6%	7.5%
45 to 54	1.9%	21.0%
55 to 64	13.6%	22.8%
65 to 74	14.1%	23.4%
75 and over	8.1%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Newbern
White (non-Hispanic)	25.3%	10.8%
Black or African American	66.9%	89.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.6%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.2%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Newbern
No high school diploma	33.9%	21.1%
High school graduate	34.0%	46.2%
Some college or associate's	18.7%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	2.9%
Graduate or professional degree	2.8%	0.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Newbern
Drove alone	88.4%	88.8%
Carpooled	5.8%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Newbern
1-unit, detached	54.7%	64.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	33.0%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Newbern
Poverty rate	35.4%	15.6%
Average household size	2.40	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	21	30
Median year structure built	1974	1972