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About Greensboro
City in North Carolina, United StatesGreensboro ( ; locally ) is a city in Guilford County, North Carolina, United States, and its county seat. The Greensboro–High Point metropolitan area has an estimated 801,000 residents, with the metropolitan area also encompassing the overall center of North Carolina. The city of Greensboro is the most populous city in Piedmont Triad region of North Carolina, home to about 1.7 million residents. The population of the city of Greensboro was 299,035 in the 2020 census and estimated at 308,667 in 2025, making it the third-most populous city in North Carolina and the 67th-most populous city in the U.S. In 1808, Greensboro was planned around a central courthouse square to succeed Guilford Court…
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Housing in Greensboro
The typical Greensboro home is worth about $263,000, about the same as a year ago, 21% below the North Carolina typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Greensboro
Not graded
A grade needs all of the FBI's latest years (2023–2025). Greensboro's police department reported only 2023 and 2024, so we don't grade it yet. The figures below are still real.
Schools in Greensboro
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The public schools Greensboro’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 51% of North Carolina’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within NC. Ratings are from neighbors.
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