The story of this market
The typical home in Greensboro, North Carolina sells for about $284,845, or $175 per square foot.
Prices are up +1.8% from a year ago, so sellers still have some momentum. Homes take about 41 days to sell. HUD's fair market rent for a two-bedroom is $1,700 a month.
Monthly price momentum
Home values since 2015
+2.7%
NC · past 12 months
Freddie Mac House Price Index, single-family homes, monthly through 2026-08. Each line starts at 100 in January 2015, so a reading of 180 means prices are up 80% since then.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro's housing market remains stable with modest year-over-year price growth of 1.8% and median home prices around $285,000. Homes sell in approximately 41 days at 98.6% of list price, demonstrating balanced demand supported by regional job creation and exceptional relative affordability.
No ARED county foreclosure postings attributed to Greensboro yet — the verified ledger covers every county the foreclosure ingest has read, attributed by published city area. Key-figure check: no independent anchor retained yet — first-researched cycles establish the anchor baseline this pass.
Deterministic aggregate of 13 researched ZIP reports — sales_count-weighted (population fallback); per point, children lacking the value or its weight are excluded. Tax rates, sentiment and context notes are tier-native and never roll.
Median prices moved down 2.3% year over year.
Homes spend a median of 21 days on market with 0.1 months of supply — a fast-moving market.
0% of listings have cut prices · homes sell at 2.86% of asking — demand is holding steady.
no recorded foreclosure-ledger notices (0.0 per 10,000 residents) · unemployment 5.1% · poverty 16.9% — a stable, low-distress profile.
- Wet 'n Wild Emerald Pointe Water Park4.35.2 mi
- ParTee Shack - Greensboro4.85.2 mi
- Round1 Bowling & Arcade - Greensboro4.13.4 mi
- Spare Time Greensboro4.46.8 mi
- Urban Air Trampoline and Adventure Park4.24.2 mi
- Greensboro Complex4.42.4 mi
- First Horizon Coliseum4.52.1 mi
- Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts4.80.2 mi
- Golden Corral Buffet & Grill4.36 mi
- ParTee Shack - Greensboro4.85.2 mi
- Greensboro Science Center4.74.6 mi
- First Horizon Coliseum4.52.1 mi
- Regal Greensboro Grande4.42.7 mi
- Regal Palladium4.49.7 mi
- ParTee Shack - Greensboro4.85.2 mi
- Greensboro Science Center4.74.6 mi
- Nido & Mariana Qubein Children’s Museum4.914.3 mi
- Miriam P. Brenner Children's Museum4.60.4 mi
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park4.75.1 mi
- International Civil Rights Center & Museum4.70.1 mi
- Hagan-Stone Park4.79.1 mi
- City of Greensboro - Country Park4.74.2 mi
- Bur-Mil Park4.67.9 mi
- Greensboro Arboretum4.82.6 mi
- High Point City Lake Park4.610.3 mi
- Lake Brandt Marina4.67.1 mi
- Lake Townsend Marina4.68.6 mi
- Bryan Park4.68.1 mi
- Sedgefield Country Club4.76.7 mi
- Greensboro National Golf Club4.313.2 mi
- Holly Ridge Golf Links4.616 mi
- Oak Hollow Golf Course412.3 mi
- Four Seasons Town Centre4.23.5 mi
- Friendly Center4.52.7 mi
- Publix Super Market at Grandover Village4.68.1 mi
- Piedmont Triad Farmers Market4.711.1 mi
- Marshalls4.35.8 mi
- Piedmont Triad International Airport4.48.2 mi
- GSO Airport4.68.4 mi
Theme parks, venues, golf, airports, museums, water and shopping across the area from Google Maps, ranked by popularity within the radius shown.
The amenity base that shapes daily life and property demand in this city — what residents actually live with, and what the pipeline is adding.
An accredited AZA facility combining an aquarium, museum, and zoo that serves as a regional tourist magnet and anchor for northern neighborhoods.
A state-of-the-art 3,000-seat performance venue in downtown Greensboro hosting Broadway productions, concerts, and community performances.
Expansive connected greenspace offering historic walking tours, hiking, dog parks, and pedal boating adjacent to affluent residential areas.
Greensboro is ideally suited for value-oriented first-time buyers seeking sub-$300,000 price points without sacrificing urban amenities, along with healthcare and education professionals. It also appeals to cash-flow buy-and-hold investors drawn to strong tenant demand across the university and hospital corridors.
Public education is administered by Guilford County Schools, where performance displays notable variation across zones. High-performing magnet options and western/northern schools rank among the top in the region, while inner-city schools face recurring performance challenges.
Greensboro is a major transit crossroads in the Piedmont Triad traversed by I-40, I-85, I-73, and Future I-785. Commuting across town typically averages 20 to 22 minutes by automobile, while Greensboro Transit Agency (GTA) provides fixed-route city bus operations and Amtrak connects through the downtown J. Douglas Galyon Depot.
Greensboro features an expansive parks system led by Country Park, the Greensboro Science Center, and Lake Brandt/Lake Townsend reservoirs for trail running and kayaking. Downtown cultural attractions including the Steven Tanger Center for the Performing Arts and the Greensboro Grasshoppers' stadium create a vibrant central amenities hub.
Greensboro's rental market is supported by a large student and healthcare demographic across several universities and Cone Health. Median asking rents sit near $1,700 per month with a census gross rent baseline around $1,172, providing strong yield dynamics for entry-level single-family and duplex acquisitions.
Greensboro's economy has transitioned from traditional textiles and tobacco into advanced manufacturing, logistics, aviation, and healthcare. Anchor employers like Cone Health, Honda Aircraft Company, and local universities generate durable employment, amplified by multi-billion dollar electric vehicle and aviation manufacturing investments across the Triad.
Greensboro is anchored by strong logistics, advanced manufacturing, and healthcare sectors, energized by major regional megasite investments like the Toyota Battery plant and Boom Supersonic. Steady civic and infrastructure investment downtown supports ongoing revitalization.
Municipal planning focuses on infill development, revitalization along East Market Street, and completing the Downtown Greenway trail loop. Pro-growth zoning initiatives facilitate light industrial logistics near the airport corridor and medium-density residential housing near major university nodes.
Parcels in Greensboro are subject to the City of Greensboro municipal district and Guilford County general fund district. Special tax districts encompass the Downtown Greensboro Business Improvement District (BID) as well as specific fire and utility service assessment districts.
Greensboro exhibits an urban violent and property crime rate exceeding North Carolina statewide averages, concentrated in specific southeastern and eastern corridors. By contrast, northern and western neighborhoods maintain stable safety profiles comparable to regional Triad suburbs.
Environmental risk profiles are moderate, with approximately 5% of properties subject to severe flood risk primarily along localized tributaries like Buffalo Creek. Wildfire risk is negligible at 1%, though summer heat vulnerability is trending higher.
Property insurance rates in Greensboro remain comparatively moderate relative to coastal North Carolina, shielded from direct tropical surge risks. However, premiums have faced mild upward pressure consistent with broad reinsurance pricing and severe convective storm losses.
Greensboro properties are taxed under a combined rate comprising Guilford County ad valorem rates and the City of Greensboro municipal rate (roughly $0.6725 city plus $0.7305 county per $100 assessed value). Assessments are updated quadrennially by Guilford County Tax Department, with standard homestead exemptions available.
ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Aggregate published statistics for this city — never individual records, and never an attribute of any individual property or resident.
Researched annual trajectory for this city, from published historical series
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 8.0%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Median annual property tax paid on this city's residential parcels
Solid: researched ten-year history · dotted: 1 / 3 / 5-year projection extended from the historical 6.6%/yr trend — a deterministic estimate, not a published forecast or guarantee.
Data retrieved from U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-year profile for Greensboro city place level (16000US3728000).
Public schools whose reported address is in this area (NCES). Not attendance boundaries — schools that serve residents may sit outside it. Check the district's address locator for assignment.