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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 743 area code is an overlay 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 of central North Carolina, organized around healthcare, several university campuses, and a long-running role as a regional commercial center. The 743 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, has been filling with allocations as the broader 336 region's number demand has continued to grow.
In records the directory has compiled for 743 numbers, other North Carolina cities — Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, and Greenville — appear regularly. None of those are inside the 743 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics across North Carolina. The directory currently documents 14 distinct prefixes within 743 in detail, an early-stage subset that should be read as a working slice 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 743 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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