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36.12° N · 79.34° W · GEOID 3727870

Green Level

Alamance County, North Carolina · part of the Burlington, NC metro

Limited data population under 5,000

North CarolinaGreen Level, NCGreen LevelGreen Level

The short answer

Green Level is home to 3,230 people. Median household income is $55,823 a year and median rent is $891 a month, 19.2% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $168,400, about 3.0x annual median household income.

Median gross rent
$891
35% below the median place
Median household income
$55,823
30% below the median place
Median home value
$168,400
47% below the median place
Unemployment
6.6%
34% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Green Level

  • Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 230 hours a year commuting, more than in 92% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 8.7% a year while rent rose 3.4%, so pay gained on rent more than in 88% of places its size.
  • The median resident is 32 years old, younger than in 91% of places its size.
  • Households average 3.08 people, larger than in 91% of places its size.
  • Only 32% of renter households spend 30% or more of income on rent, a lower share than in 90% of places its size.
01

Moving to Green Level

Alamance County gains about 13.7 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in9,804
Moved out7,943
Net+1,861

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Guilford County, NC1,5661,729−163
Orange County, NC1,152742+410
Durham County, NC1,326545+781
Wake County, NC692488+204
Caswell County, NC327

Within North Carolina, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within North CarolinaOther states

Income per tax return

Arrivals$60K
Leavers$54K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Alamance County; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
6.2% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.4% from another state.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Alamance County report $59,600 a year in income on average; those leaving, $54,500, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$35,600 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $891 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $1,390 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $168,400.
Getting to work
33 minutes each way on average; 8.9% work from home.
If it is close but not quite
Lacy-Lakeview, TX matches it on character. Compare the two
Moved here in the past year1
6.2%
7% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people8
13.7
above the median place (median -0.6)
Income of households moving out8
$54,497
22% below the median place
All 5 moving measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year16.2%7% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.4%19% above
Net movers per 1,000 people8County figure13.7above (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in8County figure$59,58316% below
Income of households moving out8County figure$54,49722% below
02

What it costs to live here

Renters paying 30%+ is 32.3%, 36% below the median place.

Green Level19.2%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$35,640
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
19.2%
6% below the median place
Home price to income
3.0x
21% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
19%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$47,000
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

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Like Green Level, but easier on the budget

Close matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income.

PlaceRent to incomeMore left a year
Sturgis, MI15.8% vs 19.2%n/aCompare
Beardstown, IL15.1% vs 19.2%n/aCompare

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Renters paying 30%+1
32.3%
36% below the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$1,317
60% below the median place
Median home value1
$168,400
47% below the median place
All 16 cost and housing measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$89135% below
Rent to income119.2%6% below
Property tax rate10.8%14% below
Home price to income13.0x21% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure93.28% below
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$1,34817% below
HUD area median income4County figure$88,60017% below
Property tax paid (median)1$1,31760% below
Median home value1$168,40047% below
Home prices, 1-year change5County figure1.3%60% below
Home prices, 5-year change5County figure65.3%27% above
Homeownership167.1%1% above
Renters paying 30%+132.3%36% below
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,39026% below
Vacant homes1County figure9.1%29% above
Median year built119860% above
03

Work and pay

Commutes by transit is 0.0%, below the median place (median 0.8%).

Commutes by transit1
0.0%
below the median place (median 0.8%)
Income per person1
$22,885
43% below the median place
Mean commute1
33 min
31% above the median place

More on work and pay, against the typical place

Poverty rate19.0% +77%
Median household income$55,823 −30%
Unemployment6.6% +34%
Works from home8.9% −28%
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$55,82330% below
Income per person1$22,88543% below
Unemployment16.6%34% above
Average annual pay6County figure$53,76819% below
Pay growth, 1 year6County figure2.4%35% below
Jobs6County figure66,52956% below
Poverty rate119.0%77% above
Mean commute133 min31% above
Works from home18.9%28% below
Commutes by transit10.0%below (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

No health insurance is 23.3%, 264% above the median place.

No health insurance1
23.3%
264% above the median place
Homes with broadband1
79.3%
14% below the median place
High school or higher1
70.5%
24% below the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Bachelor's or higher13.3% −58%
Median age32.0 −18%
Household size3.1 +23%
Born abroad21.1% 2.4×
All 9 people measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population13,2306646th largest
Population change since 202078.1%above (median 1.1%)
Median age132.018% below
Bachelor's or higher113.3%58% below
High school or higher170.5%24% below
Household size13.123% above
Born abroad121.1%138% above
No health insurance123.3%264% above
Homes with broadband179.3%14% below
05

Life in Green Level

72 sites are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents0.0 −100%
Playgrounds per 10k0.0 −100%
Grocery stores per 10k0.0 −100%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k0.0 −100%
Libraries per 10k0.0 −100%
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars19.7 −5%
Shops35.5 +17%
Arts, recreation and fitness3.3 −20%
Doctors' offices and clinics13.7 −32%
Child care centers2.4 +4%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9
13.7
32% below the median place
Public school students12
25,737
above the median place (median 4,897)
Public schools12
42
367% above the median place
All 16 schools and local life measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools12County figure42367% above
Public school students12County figure25,737above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher12County figure17.010% above
Restaurants and bars per 10k9County figure19.75% below
Shops per 10k9County figure35.517% above
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k9County figure3.320% below
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k9County figure13.732% below
Child care centers per 10k9County figure2.44% above
Parks per 10k100.0below (median 10.2)
Playgrounds per 10k100.0below (median 9.4)
Grocery stores per 10k100.0below (median 2.1)
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k100.0below (median 11.2)
Libraries per 10k100.0below (median 0.9)
Named paths and bike trails100.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi100.0below (median 0.2)
National Register listings11County figure72above (median 13)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Wildfire risk is 30.9, 49% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Green Level. Larger places are fetched first.

Wildfire risk14
30.9
49% below the median place
Natural hazard risk14
77.1
17% below the median place
Heat wave risk14
73.8
18% below the median place
All 9 weather and risk measures
MeasureGreen LevelAmong 6,645 placesVs median
July average high13County figure89°F3% above
January average low13County figure30°F17% above
Average temperature13County figure59°F8% above
Annual precipitation13County figure45.4 in4% above
Natural hazard risk14County figure77.117% below
Hurricane risk14County figure81.816% above
Tornado risk14County figure82.31% above
Wildfire risk14County figure30.949% below
Heat wave risk14County figure73.818% below
08

Green Level in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 19% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 19% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$891/mo (2024)$1,140/mo$930 to $1,390/mo+4.1%
Median household income$55,823 (2024)$72,500$61,500 to $86,000+4.5%
Median home value$168,400 (2024)$261,000$189,000 to $359,000+7.6%
Population3,409 (2025)3,5803,430 to 3,730+1.0%

The median home would be worth 3.6 years of the median income in 2030, against 3.0 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Green Level

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Lacy-Lakeview, TX$917$56,924Compare
Sinton, TX$938$51,701Compare
Lafayette, TN$896$51,736Compare
De Soto, MO$809$52,500Compare
De Soto, MOLafayette, TNSinton, TXLacy-Lakeview, TXGreen Level, NCGreen LevelLacy-LakeviewSintonLafayetteDe SotoGreen LevelLacy-LakeviewSintonLafayetteDe Soto

Common questions

Is Green Level a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Counting remote workers as zero, the average worker spends about 230 hours a year commuting, more than in 92% of the 2,101 places under 10,000 people we track. Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, household income rose 8.7% a year while rent rose 3.4%, so pay gained on rent more than in 88% of places its size. On cost, space and class size it scores 70 out of 100 for families. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Green Level expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 19.2% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $168,400.

What salary do you need to live in Green Level?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $35,640 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Green Level?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Lacy-Lakeview, TX, Sinton, TX, Lafayette, TN and De Soto, MO.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  12. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  13. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  14. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Green Level with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Green Level itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/green-level-north-carolina

Citytistics. “Green Level, North Carolina.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/green-level-north-carolina/

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