Greensboro vs High Point

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

Greensboro and High Point are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Greensboro has the higher population (298,564 vs 115,263 in High Point). High Point has the higher median household income ($61,228 vs $58,884 in Greensboro). Greensboro has the higher median home value ($221,300 vs $212,400 in High Point).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	High Point
Population	298,564	115,263
Median age	34.1 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$58,884	$61,228
Median home value	$221,300	$212,400
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,062
Housing units	133,565	48,990
Homeownership rate	50.3%	58.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	33.9%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	High Point
Population	291,303 → 298,564 (+2.5%)	111,714 → 115,263 (+3.2%)
Median household income	$48,964 → $58,884 (+20.3%)	$47,234 → $61,228 (+29.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $221,300 (+41.6%)	$151,900 → $212,400 (+39.8%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)	$879 → $1,062 (+20.8%)

Greensboro

Population

291,303298,564

Median household income

$48,964$58,884

Median home value

$156,300$221,300

Median gross rent

$877$1,114

High Point

Population

111,714115,263

Median household income

$47,234$61,228

Median home value

$151,900$212,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,062

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	High Point
Under 5	5.7%	6.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	15.6%
18 to 24	13.7%	12.0%
25 to 34	15.3%	12.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	12.4%
45 to 54	11.6%	11.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	12.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	High Point
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	43.3%
Black or African American	41.6%	32.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.2%
Asian	4.9%	8.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	12.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	High Point
No high school diploma	9.9%	13.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	23.6%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	28.9%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	12.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	High Point
Drove alone	73.7%	77.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	10.1%
Public transit	2.4%	0.8%
Walked	2.3%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.2%
Worked from home	11.8%	8.6%
Other means	1.4%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	High Point
1-unit, detached	53.0%	63.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	6.2%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	13.9%
20 or more units	10.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	High Point
Poverty rate	18.4%	14.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1983	1987