What is the population of Greensboro city?

Greensboro city has 2,390 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 593 in Alabama.

What is the median household income in Greensboro city?

Median household income in Greensboro city is $31,207 a year, 60.3% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greensboro city?

Median gross rent is $710 a month and the median home value is $126,100, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.

Is Greensboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greensboro city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Greensboro, AL population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Greensboro, Alabama (Greensboro, AL — Census place “Greensboro city”) is 2,390 residents, ranking #206 of 593 places in Alabama. Median household income is $31,207, the median home is worth $126,100 and median gross rent runs $710 a month. Looking for the Greensboro Alabama ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Greensboro, AL: 36744.

Population: 2,390Greensboro city residents
Median household income: $31,207Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $126,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $710Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 36.1 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 52.4%Owner-occupied households

Greensboro ZIP codes (Alabama)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Greensboro.

The Greensboro AL ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

36744

What the numbers mean in Greensboro city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Greensboro city median would spend about 27.3% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 4.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 35.4% of residents and 52.4% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Greensboro city, AL in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Greensboro city is a small town in Alabama, with 2,390 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #206 of 593 ranked by population — larger than 65% of them. The median age here is 36.1 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Greensboro city earn a median of $31,207 a year, 60.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 44% below the $55,687 median for the 322 Alabama cities we cover. Household income here is measured before tax and pooled across everyone at the address, which is why it reads higher than typical individual earnings in the same area. Poverty reaches 35.4% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Greensboro city is valued at $126,100, 58.4% below the national figure and 20% below the $158,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $710 a month, 49.5% below the national figure, or roughly $8,520 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 27.3% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is within the standard affordability guideline. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 4×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is harder here than in the average US market. 52.4% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

Every value on this page is published directly by the Census for this area — nothing is modelled or interpolated. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Greensboro city?: Greensboro city has 2,390 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #206 of 593 in Alabama.
What is the median household income in Greensboro city?: Median household income in Greensboro city is $31,207 a year, 60.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Greensboro city?: Median gross rent is $710 a month and the median home value is $126,100, so rent absorbs about 27.3% of median household income.
Is Greensboro city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 4× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Greensboro city is less affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 27.3% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Greensboro city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.