In addition, Greensboro is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on the local Greensboro culture, lifestyle and music scene. In fact, Greensboro is one of only a few big cities that are also major college towns. The combination of big city status and thousands of college students gives Greensboro on one hand, a sophisticated style, while on the other also provides a youthful feel and lots of diversions and entertainment for students. Believe it or not, Greensboro is one of the biggest "college towns" in America, generating lift to the economy of the entire region, and issuing forth thousands of newly-minted college students every spring, powering the innovation economy, the arts, and a lively club scene.
Not only is Greensboro a city with many college students, but it also retains many recent graduates who are looking to start new careers, creating a very large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile. That’s because Greensboro is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes Greensboro a great place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun. In fact, Greensboro is one of the top larger cities in America for educated single professionals to flock.
The education level of Greensboro citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 39.92% of adults in Greensboro have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Greensboro in 2018 was $34,209, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $136,836 for a family of four. However, Greensboro contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Greensboro is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Greensboro home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Greensboro residents report their race to be Black or African-American, followed by White. Important ancestries of people in Greensboro include English, German, Irish, Italian, and Scottish.
The most common language spoken in Greensboro is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Arabic.
