Greensboro vs Summerfield

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

Greensboro and Summerfield 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 11,031 in Summerfield). Summerfield has the higher median household income ($151,131 vs $58,884 in Greensboro). Summerfield has the higher median home value ($490,100 vs $221,300 in Greensboro).

Population, income & housing

	Greensboro	Summerfield
Population	298,564	11,031
Median age	34.1 yrs	44.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,884	$151,131
Median home value	$221,300	$490,100
Median gross rent	$1,114	$1,148
Housing units	133,565	4,090
Homeownership rate	50.3%	90.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	39.9%	59.4%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	3.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Greensboro	Summerfield
Population	291,303 → 298,564 (+2.5%)	11,151 → 11,031 (-1.1%)
Median household income	$48,964 → $58,884 (+20.3%)	$103,769 → $151,131 (+45.6%)
Median home value	$156,300 → $221,300 (+41.6%)	$361,100 → $490,100 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$877 → $1,114 (+27.0%)	$961 → $1,148 (+19.5%)

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

Summerfield

Population

11,15111,031

Median household income

$103,769$151,131

Median home value

$361,100$490,100

Median gross rent

$961$1,148

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Greensboro	Summerfield
Under 5	5.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	16.6%	21.1%
18 to 24	13.7%	6.7%
25 to 34	15.3%	5.6%
35 to 44	12.4%	14.2%
45 to 54	11.6%	18.7%
55 to 64	10.7%	14.5%
65 to 74	8.2%	9.0%
75 and over	5.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Greensboro	Summerfield
White (non-Hispanic)	37.9%	78.5%
Black or African American	41.6%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.8%
Hispanic or Latino	10.5%	4.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Greensboro	Summerfield
No high school diploma	9.9%	3.0%
High school graduate	21.5%	14.5%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	24.2%	37.3%
Graduate or professional degree	15.7%	22.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Greensboro	Summerfield
Drove alone	73.7%	68.7%
Carpooled	8.2%	4.4%
Public transit	2.4%	0.0%
Walked	2.3%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.5%
Worked from home	11.8%	24.9%
Other means	1.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Greensboro	Summerfield
1-unit, detached	53.0%	96.9%
1-unit, attached	7.3%	0.0%
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%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Greensboro	Summerfield
Poverty rate	18.4%	7.7%
Average household size	2.33	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1983	1999