What is the cost of living in Greensboro-High Point?

Greensboro-High Point has a Regional Price Parity (RPP) of 92.9, where 100 represents the national average. Housing costs index at 74.5, which is below the national average. The average 2-bedroom rent is $1,330/month.

What is the median salary in Greensboro-High Point?

The median salary in Greensboro-High Point is $63,721 annually (mean: $66,953). Top occupations include Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, Retail Salespersons, Cashiers.

How safe is Greensboro-High Point?

The violent crime rate in the Greensboro-High Point area is 365 per 100,000 population (state-level data). Property crime rate is 1930 per 100K.

What are the schools like in Greensboro-High Point?

The state of NC has 2,703 schools (state-level data, no metro-level federal count exists) with an average student-teacher ratio of 15.8:1. Charter schools make up 7.6% of all schools.

How much does childcare cost in Greensboro-High Point?

Infant center-based childcare in the Greensboro-High Point area averages $9,487 per year. Preschool averages $6,548/year. These are state-level averages.

Is Greensboro-High Point a good place to relocate?

Greensboro-High Point has a Life Score of 56.8/100 (C-), based on 7 of 7 available dimensions among cost of living, wages, rent, crime, schools, childcare, and environment (missing dims omitted, weights renormalized). This is an above-average score, Greensboro-High Point outperforms most scored metros on the combined measure.

Where does Greensboro-High Point sit among US metros on LiveAbility?

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite, Greensboro-High Point ranks #146 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). That ordinal matches the /rankings/livability listing. See /methodology#corpus-placement for the exact sort basis.

Relocation profile · Federal data

Greensboro-High Point, NC

LiveAbility 53.9/100 places Greensboro-High Point #146 of 387 (middle third).

Compiled by PlainRelocate · June 15, 2026

92.9
Cost index (US=100): $1,330
2BR rent / mo: $63,721
Median salary: 53.9
LiveAbility Score

The verdict

As of June 2026, Greensboro-High Point ranks #146 of 387 US metros on the LiveAbility Score (53.9/100), with its strongest marks in safety and climate.

#146
of 387 US metros · Above median: 11,046,024
metro-area population: 365
violent crimes per 100K (state-level): 2,703
schools in the state (NCES)

Weakest dimension: schools (40/100). Weigh every dimension against your own priorities, use the City Finder to re-rank by what matters to you.

According to PlainRelocate's LiveAbility composite (BEA, BLS, HUD, FBI, NCES, EPA, NOAA, and FEMA inputs), Greensboro-High Point ranks #146 of 387 scored US metros by LiveAbility Score (highest score = #1). Cost-of-living index 92.9 (100 = national average), median 2-bedroom rent $1,330/mo, median salary $63,721; LiveAbility Score 53.9/100, strongest in safety and climate.

Signature: LiveAbility 53.9/100 places Greensboro-High Point #146 of 387 (middle third).

Purchasing power sits mid-band: BEA RPP 92.9 between corpus terciles 91.5 and 97.0. Median 2BR rent $1,330/mo.

LiveAbility 53.9/100 keeps Greensboro-High Point in the middle third (#146 of 387).

BLS OEWS total employment in the Greensboro-High Point area is 357,440.

Greensboro-High Point vs all US metros by LiveAbility Score

Where this metro's LiveAbility Score falls among every scored US metro (composite placement, not a desirability verdict)

54 Top 39% higher than 61% of 387 US metros

Metros banded by LiveAbility Score (0–100)

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Source PlainRelocate LiveAbility Score · June 2026

Greensboro-High Point housing and rent

HUD Fair Market Rents for the Greensboro-High Point MSA; housing RPP 74.5 (100 = national average); 2BR $1,330/mo.

Studio

$1,159

/month

1 Bedroom

$1,213

/month

2 Bedroom

$1,330

/month

3 Bedroom

$1,703

/month

4 Bedroom

$1,960

/month

Greensboro-High Point wages and employment

Greensboro-High Point posts 357,440 total employment with median salary $63,721.

Median Salary

$63,721

Mean Salary

$66,953

Total Employment

357,440

Top Occupations by Employment

Occupation	Median Salary
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$37,190
Retail Salespersons	$30,750
Cashiers	$28,630
Stockers and Order Fillers	$35,840
Customer Service Representatives	$41,240

Schools & Education

State-level education data for the Greensboro-High Point area from NCES.

Schools

2,703

Enrollment

1,544,406

Student:Teacher

15.8:1

Title I %

Childcare Costs

State-average childcare costs for the Greensboro-High Point area (DOL data).

Infant (Center)

$9,487

per year

Toddler (Center)

$7,856

per year

Preschool (Center)

$6,548

per year

Life Score Breakdown

Greensboro-High Point's composite Life Score is 56.8/100 (C-), computed across 7 of 7 dimensions.

Cost

55/100

Above average

Wages

46/100

Average

Rent

48/100

Average

Crime

94/100

Elite

Schools

60/100

Above average

Childcare

59/100

Above average

Environment

35/100

Below average

LiveAbility Score

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Greensboro-High Point ranks #146 out of 387 metros with a LiveAbility Score of 53.9/100 - a composite of 8 of 8 quality-of-life dimensions from federal data. Customize the weights to match your priorities →

Strongest dimension: Safety (94/100)

Safety

94
Climate

69
Cost of living

55
Housing

48
Job market

46
Air quality

42
Low hazard

42
Schools

40

What this shows Greensboro-High Point's strongest dimensions are safety and climate; its weakest among scored dims is schools at 40/100. Default weights: cost 18%, jobs & housing 15% each, safety & schools 12%, air & hazard 10%, climate 8%.

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Metros near Greensboro-High Point on cost, LiveAbility, or wages

Nearest out-of-state neighbors to Greensboro-High Point on BEA RPP, LiveAbility, or BLS median salary, a different lens than the size-ranked list.

Similar cost of living (BEA RPP)

Similar LiveAbility score

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, HUD Fair Market Rents, BLS OES, FBI UCR, NCES, DOL, EPA June 2026

Greensboro-High Point cost figures follow BEA Regional Price Parities and HUD Fair Market Rents; Greensboro-High Point wages and LiveAbility inputs follow BLS OEWS plus the federal sources listed in methodology. This information is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute professional advice. Scores are federal-data percentiles, not a move recommendation. How this data is sourced.

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