Greensboro vs Stokesdale

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

Greensboro and Stokesdale 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 5,943 in Stokesdale). Stokesdale has the higher median household income ($135,389 vs $58,884 in Greensboro). Stokesdale has the higher median home value ($368,600 vs $221,300 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
Population	298,564	5,943
Median age	34.1 yrs	43.0 yrs
Median household income	$58,884	$135,389
Median home value	$221,300	$368,600
Median gross rent	$1,114	$783
Housing units	133,565	1,969
Homeownership rate	50.3%	94.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	41.0%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
Population	291,303 → 298,564 (+2.5%)	5,396 → 5,943 (+10.1%)
Median household income	$48,964 → $58,884 (+20.3%)	$84,583 → $135,389 (+60.1%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $221,300 (+41.6%)	$205,400 → $368,600 (+79.5%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)	$895 → $783 (-12.5%)

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

Stokesdale

Population

5,3965,943

Median household income

$84,583$135,389

Median home value

$205,400$368,600

Median gross rent

$895$783

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
Under 5	5.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	16.6%	22.5%
18 to 24	13.7%	7.6%
25 to 34	15.3%	4.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	17.1%
45 to 54	11.6%	14.5%
55 to 64	10.7%	17.7%
65 to 74	8.2%	8.3%
75 and over	5.8%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	69.2%
Black or African American	41.6%	9.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.9%	6.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	13.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
No high school diploma	9.9%	2.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	24.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	26.7%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	14.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
Drove alone	73.7%	70.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	4.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.8%	18.2%
Other means	1.4%	2.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
1-unit, detached	53.0%	91.5%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	20.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	10.4%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	1.2%	2.8%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Stokesdale
Poverty rate	18.4%	7.6%
Average household size	2.33	3.01
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1983	2002