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Based on US Census data for Greensboro
34.1 y/o
Median Age
Compared to the US median age of 38.7 y/o
$58.9K
Median Income
Compared to the US median income of $78.5K
$221.3K
Median Home Value
Compared to the US median home value of $303.4K
298.6K
Greensboro Population
Compared to the US median city population of 171.9K
North Carolina's 472 area code is among the newer overlays planned for the central Piedmont, sharing geography with the long-running 336 across north-central North Carolina. Greensboro anchors the directory's records here. The city sits in the rolling Piedmont country, organized around healthcare, several university campuses, and the surrounding logistics and aerospace base. The 472 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, is in the early phases of being prepared for active number assignments.
In records the directory has compiled for 472 numbers, other North Carolina cities — Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, and Greenville — appear regularly. None of those are inside the 472 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics across North Carolina. The directory's prefix-level holdings for 472 remain in early stages, with current coverage representing the start of working records rather than a comprehensive count of the prefix population the code will eventually carry.
Greensboro's home values come in below the US median, with median household income running below the national figure. The city's median age sits a few years under the US reading, and population places Greensboro among the larger cities in North Carolina. The 472 footprint shares those demographics with 336 because both codes serve north-central North Carolina in overlapping form, and the broader region's economic and demographic profile reflects the long-running mix of Piedmont Triad cities, university towns, and the surrounding rural counties.

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