Neighborhoods / Guilford County
Greensboro
City in Guilford County
- Typical prices
- $200k – $1M+
- Best for
- The widest choice of neighborhoods, prices and commutes in the Triad
- Commute
- 15 min to PTI Airport · 20 min to High Point · 30 min to Winston-Salem
About the neighborhood
The Triad's largest city: historic in-town streets, established suburbs, lakes and a growing downtown
Greensboro is the largest city in the Piedmont Triad and its business center — about 300,000 people, five colleges and universities, PTI Airport on the west edge and a downtown that has added the Tanger Center, LeBauer Park, a minor-league ballpark and thousands of apartments and condos over the last decade. It sits where I-40, I-85 and I-73 meet, and the I-840 urban loop lets you cross the city without going through downtown.
The city reads as a set of distinct areas rather than one market. The historic core around Fisher Park, Irving Park and Sunset Hills has the oldest homes and the most walkable streets; the Friendly Center and northwest side has the established suburban neighborhoods most relocating families ask about first; Lake Jeanette and the north side add planned communities around the reservoirs; and the southwest corner has the Grandover and Sedgefield golf communities and Adams Farm. Per Redfin, the city's median sale price was about $290,000 for the three months ending August 2026 — but the spread between neighborhoods is as wide as the spread across the whole county, so which side of town matters as much as the city itself.
Greensboro on the map
Town limits, roads, parks and landmarks. Click the map to enable scroll zoom.
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Characteristics
Transportation
Mostly a driving city with short trips: average commutes run in the low twenties of minutes. I-40, I-85, I-73 and the I-840 loop ring the city, Wendover Avenue and Bryan Boulevard are the fast east–west roads, and PTI Airport is 15 minutes from most neighborhoods. Greensboro Transit Agency buses cover the main corridors, Amtrak stops at the downtown depot, and the Downtown Greenway is building out a walking and cycling loop.
Services
Friendly Center and the Shops at Friendly are the main retail district, with the Wendover and Battleground corridors behind them. Cone Health's Moses Cone and Wesley Long campuses anchor healthcare. Downtown has the Tanger Center, the Greensboro Coliseum complex, the Greensboro Science Center and a restaurant scene along Elm Street; the watershed lakes (Townsend, Brandt and Higgins), Bur-Mil Park, Country Park and Guilford Courthouse National Military Park cover the outdoors.
Character
A college town and an aviation and logistics hub at the same time — UNC Greensboro, NC A&T, Guilford College, Greensboro College and Bennett College keep it young, while the airport corridor brings HondaJet, FedEx, Boom Supersonic and JetZero. It feels bigger than Winston-Salem and more spread out, with tree-lined in-town streets, a growing downtown and suburban neighborhoods that run right up to the county's farmland.
Homes for sale by neighborhood in Greensboro
Live listings, a neighborhood map, nearby schools and commute times for each neighborhood.
Fisher Park
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Sunset Hills
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Starmount Forest
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Hamilton Lakes
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Lake Jeanette
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Adams Farm
Greensboro · Homes for sale
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Nearby schools
| Name | Type | Levels | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grimsley High | Public | High | Guilford County Schools · central Greensboro |
| Northwest Guilford High | Public | High | Northwest side |
| Northern Guilford High | Public | High | North side |
| Page High | Public | High | Northeast side |
| Southwest Guilford High | Public | High | Southwest side |
| Weaver Academy | Magnet | High | Performing and visual arts, countywide by application |
| The Early College at Guilford | Magnet | High | On the Guilford College campus |
| Greensboro Day School | Private | PreschoolElementaryMiddleHigh | |
| Canterbury School | Private | PreschoolElementaryMiddle |
Schools are listed by proximity and typical assignment. Zones change — always confirm the address with the district before you write an offer.
Nearby
- Downtown Greensboro
- Friendly Center
- Greensboro Science Center
- Bur-Mil Park
- Guilford Courthouse National Military Park
- PTI Airport