69 census tracts

Greensboro.North Carolina housing market

This Greensboro housing market report covers about 124,900 homes across 69 census tracts. The median household income is $51,851, lower than in 126 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks, against the North Carolina median of $68,675. For August 2026, the average listing price is $412,691 across 842 active listings (Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory).

Aerial view of downtown Greensboro, North Carolina
Downtown from above, with tree-lined neighborhoods in the foreground. Raynor A Garey/Adobe Stock
Average listing price
$412,691
842 active listings · Realtor.com Economic Research, Monthly Housing Inventory · August 2026
Population growth
+0.9%
a year, 2020 to 2025 · Census population estimates
Approximate homes
124,900
across 69 assigned tracts
Vacant homes
8.7%
of all homes
Renter-occupied
49%
of occupied homes

Greensboro housing market context

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01.

Location score distribution

How location scores vary across 69 census tracts in Greensboro.

median 74.4 64 83

Half of Greensboro's tracts score between 71 and 77. The full range spans 64 to 83, with a median of 74.4.

Distribution of tract scores
Median (74.4)
Mean (74.4)

What the location score shows

PriceDNA Location Score™ is a 0 to 100 signal designed to summarize local strength and risk context for rental-property analysis. Higher scores generally point to stronger location fundamentals.

The middle half of Greensboro's tracts is 6.2 points wide on the score, narrower than in 73 of the 139 markets PriceDNA tracks.

To see the location score for your specific property, analyze a property

02.

Housing composition

Key housing statistics for approximately 124,900 homes in Greensboro, including occupancy, tenure, and structure type.

Tenure of occupied homes: owner 51%, renter 49%.
Tenure of occupied homes Owner 51% · Renter 49%
Housing occupancy: occupied 91.3%, vacant 8.7%.
Occupancy Occupied 91.3% · Vacant 8.7%

Of about 124,900 homes, 8.7% are vacant. Among occupied homes, 49% are renter-occupied, providing context on the size of the local rental base.

By structure type, about 60% of Greensboro’s housing units are in single-family structures, 8% in small multifamily buildings (2 to 4 units), and 31% in larger multifamily buildings (5+ units). Percentages are rounded; small residual structure categories are not shown.

03.

How Greensboro compares

Greensboro's median is above the North Carolina median on 6 of these 8 measures and above the U.S. median on 5. The city range shows the lower quarter, median and upper quarter of its census tracts.

How Greensboro compares with North Carolina and United States medians
Metric Greensboro lower · median · upper Greensboro North Carolina NC United States US
Census ACS B19013 · 2020 to 2024
$44,731 $51,851 $81,050 $68,675 $77,171
Census ACS B15003 · 2020 to 2024
32% 49% 65% 41% 41%
Census ACS B01001 · 2020 to 2024
30% 34% 38% 30% 32%
FHFA HPI · 2025
5.9% 6.3% 6.3% 6.2% 5.2%
HUD SAFMR · 2018 to 2027 + Census ACS B25064 · 2014 to 2024
3.7% 4.4% 4.8% 4.0% 3.8%
Census ACS B25103 · 2020 to 2024 + Lincoln Institute
0.93% every tract 0.73% 1.65%
Census ACS B25141 · 2020 to 2024 + U.S. Treasury FIO
0.48% 0.50% 0.60% 0.51% 0.56%
Census ACS B25064 + B19013 · 2020 to 2024
29.2% 32.9% 36.4% 29.9% 30.8%
04.

About this data

PriceDNA uses the most local reliable data available for each metric. Some signals are available at the census-tract level. Others are published or more reliable at broader geographies such as county, metro, state, or national level.

Housing-unit totals are approximate. PriceDNA sums Census ACS counts for the tracts assigned to the city by centroid, so the market total can differ from a municipal boundary count when a tract crosses the city line.

The property-tax assumption combines local residential tax data with a state-level apartment benchmark to provide more conservative context for rental-property underwriting. Insurance assumptions use available residential property insurance data and should be verified for the specific property and coverage.

These pages are designed for market screening and investor education. They do not replace property-level underwriting, inspections, appraisals, insurance quotes, lender review, or professional advice.

05.

Nearby markets

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