Greensboro vs Oak Ridge

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

Greensboro and Oak Ridge 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 7,660 in Oak Ridge). Oak Ridge has the higher median household income ($140,583 vs $58,884 in Greensboro). Oak Ridge has the higher median home value ($523,500 vs $221,300 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
Population	298,564	7,660
Median age	34.1 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$58,884	$140,583
Median home value	$221,300	$523,500
Median gross rent	$1,114	—
Housing units	133,565	2,757
Homeownership rate	50.3%	92.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	50.6%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
Population	291,303 → 298,564 (+2.5%)	6,901 → 7,660 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$48,964 → $58,884 (+20.3%)	$127,578 → $140,583 (+10.2%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $221,300 (+41.6%)	$383,300 → $523,500 (+36.6%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)	$2,059 → $1,277 (-38.0%)

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

Oak Ridge

Population

6,9017,660

Median household income

$127,578$140,583

Median home value

$383,300$523,500

Median gross rent

$2,059$1,277

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
Under 5	5.7%	5.3%
5 to 17	16.6%	20.4%
18 to 24	13.7%	3.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	6.0%
35 to 44	12.4%	13.0%
45 to 54	11.6%	15.8%
55 to 64	10.7%	21.3%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.1%
75 and over	5.8%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	77.2%
Black or African American	41.6%	3.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	11.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.9%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.9%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
No high school diploma	9.9%	1.6%
High school graduate	21.5%	17.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	30.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	21.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
Drove alone	73.7%	63.0%
Carpooled	8.2%	3.5%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	28.5%
Other means	1.4%	4.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
1-unit, detached	53.0%	98.0%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	1.2%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	0.9%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Oak Ridge
Poverty rate	18.4%	2.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	22	23
Median year structure built	1983	1997