Goldsboro.
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North Carolina·Wayne County
14 tracts·27K people·$200K median·958/mi²
Black 52 · White 34 · Hispanic 6 · Multiracial 5 · Asian 2 · Other 1
Living alone 41 · Married couple 30 · Other 29
Health 32 · Retail 22 · Professional 14 · Leisure 13 · Manufacturing 11 · Public admin 6 · Other 3
Management · business · science · arts 32 · Service 22 · Sales · office 20 · Production · transport 18 · Construction · maintenance 8
Drive alone 80 · Carpool 22 · Work from home 6 · Walk 2 · Transit 1 · Bike 1
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Rep-tract reading · FEMA National Risk Index, national ranks 0–100; the tick is the national median
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The median home value in Goldsboro is $200,400 (Census ACS) — 0.4× the US median of $458,812.
Goldsboro has 34,383 residents across 10 census tracts and 15 named neighborhoods (Census ACS).
The median age is 36.8; the population is 52.5% Black, 34.3% White, 6.1% Hispanic or Latino, 4.7% Multiracial, 1.6% Asian and 0.9% Other; the average household has 2.1 people; 21.0% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher; the poverty rate is 22.8% (Census ACS).
Meadow Lane Elementary (61%), Wayne STEM Academy (44%) and Dillard Academy (29%) lead the elementary schools; Greenwood Middle (49%), Eastern Wayne Middle (44%) and Dillard Middle (23%) lead the middle schools; Wayne School of Engineering (93%), Wayne Early / Middle College High (92%) and Wayne School of Technical Arts (87%) lead the high schools. Average of ELA and math proficiency (state DOE / NCES).
Median gross rent is $971/month, 38% below the US median (Census ACS).
The median household income in Goldsboro is $48,540 a year, 44% below the US median (Census ACS).
In Goldsboro, median rent is $971/month and the median home value is $200,400 (Census ACS).
Goldsboro reported 15.1 violent crimes and 63.1 property crimes per 1,000 residents (FBI UCR, 2023).
Summer highs average 89°F; winter lows average 35°F; there are 84 comfortable days a year; annual rainfall is 53 inches (NOAA GridMET).
The highest-rated natural hazards in Goldsboro are winter weather (93), drought (74) and hail (63), scored 0–100 against all US communities (FEMA National Risk Index). Peak ground shaking is 0.09g (USGS; 2% chance in 50 years).
In Goldsboro, 1.6% of workers walk to work (Census ACS).