Denton vs Greensboro

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

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

Denton has the higher population (4,879 vs 2,563 in Greensboro). Denton has the higher median household income ($63,769 vs $44,934 in Greensboro). Denton has the higher median home value ($234,700 vs $230,600 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Denton	Greensboro
Population	4,879	2,563
Median age	38.3 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$63,769	$44,934
Median home value	$234,700	$230,600
Median gross rent	$995	$974
Housing units	1,751	971
Homeownership rate	55.0%	51.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.8%	5.2%
Unemployment rate	8.2%	4.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Denton	Greensboro
Population	4,429 → 4,879 (+10.2%)	2,837 → 2,563 (-9.7%)
Median household income	$50,081 → $63,769 (+27.3%)	$46,607 → $44,934 (-3.6%)
Median home value	$193,800 → $234,700 (+21.1%)	$147,700 → $230,600 (+56.1%)
Median gross rent	$906 → $995 (+9.8%)	$840 → $974 (+16.0%)

Denton

Population

4,4294,879

Median household income

$50,081$63,769

Median home value

$193,800$234,700

Median gross rent

$906$995

Greensboro

Population

2,8372,563

Median household income

$46,607$44,934

Median home value

$147,700$230,600

Median gross rent

$840$974

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Denton	Greensboro
Under 5	4.6%	11.7%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.9%
18 to 24	11.4%	8.2%
25 to 34	10.8%	12.3%
35 to 44	14.1%	19.4%
45 to 54	12.3%	6.6%
55 to 64	11.0%	9.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	8.3%
75 and over	5.6%	4.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Denton	Greensboro
White (non-Hispanic)	65.8%	53.5%
Black or African American	25.4%	15.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	27.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Denton	Greensboro
No high school diploma	20.5%	20.1%
High school graduate	37.7%	40.1%
Some college or associate's	27.0%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	9.9%	3.2%
Graduate or professional degree	4.9%	2.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Denton	Greensboro
Drove alone	78.2%	71.2%
Carpooled	8.4%	15.6%
Public transit	0.2%	2.3%
Walked	2.7%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.8%	4.8%
Other means	3.7%	5.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Denton	Greensboro
1-unit, detached	55.1%	58.1%
1-unit, attached	11.1%	10.5%
2 to 4 units	8.9%	13.0%
5 to 19 units	24.6%	5.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.7%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	4.8%

Poverty & households

	Denton	Greensboro
Poverty rate	10.7%	21.2%
Average household size	2.76	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1976	1969