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Gibsonville is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B overall, 63rd among North Carolina's 286 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $96K. It also does better than most on health: residents are healthier than 71% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $301K for a typical one and 4.6 times the Greensboro metro’s $66K median household income. Gibsonville has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Francis Marion Smith House and Simeon Wagoner House. Gibsonville's civic life (library use, community groups, volunteering) trails 88% of U.S. towns. 5.8% of residents live below the poverty line in Gibsonville, below both North Carolina’s towns (13%) and U.S. towns (9.6%).
Where Gibsonville beats most towns.
6,410 counted in 2010 and 8,920 in 2020; an estimated 9,876 in 2025.
Growth hasn’t slowed: 10.4% since 2020, after 39.2% in the decade before.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts · Census Bureau estimate, July 1, 2025
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within North Carolina), ordered by how far Gibsonville is from typical.
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Census counts: 111 in 1880, 8,920 in 2020. The archive holds 8 old photos and papers going back to 1907 and 3 maps from 1970 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Who provides power, water and the rest in Gibsonville, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
Ordered by what stands out in Gibsonville.
Gibsonville fares better on crime within North Carolina than nationally and sends most of its workers to Burlington and beyond.
Gibsonville has 835 jobs for its 3,703 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Gibsonville for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Gibsonville has lost 138 jobs, to 835 in 2023. 7.3% of workers work from home in Gibsonville.
| Gibsonville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $96,000 | $69,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 7.3% | 12% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.6% | 6.8% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 27 minutes | 24 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Its public schools are run by the Guilford County Schools. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsonville ElementaryLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 595 | B |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NC on state tests and graduation
Gibsonville beats the North Carolina average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 12% of Gibsonville adults report frequent physical distress.
| Gibsonville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 13% | 14% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 24% | 25% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 19% | 19% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 13% | 12% |
| What stands out | Gibsonville | NC |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.7% | 10.4% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 12.8% | 15.2% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Gibsonville has mild winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 89°, January nights drop to 30° and about 2 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 15% of residents (23% statewide). Gibsonville has grown 10% since 2020, to 9,876 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate. 37% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 36% across North Carolina.
| Gibsonville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 25% | 22% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 37% | 29% | 29% |
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.7 points). Across North Carolina, 51.1% of residents are women.
| Gibsonville | NC | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.8% | 11.6% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 14.5% | 10.2% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.1% | 9.5% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 8.9% | 13.4% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.3% | 12.8% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12% | 12.6% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 15.9% | 12.8% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 10.3% | 10.3% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.1% | 6.9% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.5% | 9.9% | 10.4% |
| High school | 24% | 24.8% | 26% |
| Some college | 26.9% | 19.6% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.5% | 10.1% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.4% | 22.2% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 13.7% | 13.5% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 62% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Gibsonville since 2025.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 14.8 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports less crime than 90% of North Carolina’s graded towns.
The property crime rate in Gibsonville is 8.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Gibsonville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 8.3 per 1,000 residents | 21.8 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 1.6 per 1,000 residents | 3.2 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
The typical Gibsonville home is worth about $301,000, up 0.8% in a year, 9% below the North Carolina typical home.
| Gibsonville | North Carolina towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 81% | 67% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,034 a month | $1,086 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Gibsonville. Close and well known come first.
31 mi Stadium & arenaKenan Memorial Stadium
35 mi Zoo & aquariumNorth Carolina Zoo700K visitors a year
40 mi Stadium & arenaAllegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium
39 mi MuseumOld Salem
31 mi Stadium & arenaDean Smith Center5 mi MuseumPalmer Memorial InstituteKenan Memorial Stadium: Yeungb, CC BY 3.0 · North Carolina Zoo: Diane Villa, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Allegacy Federal Credit Union Stadium: BobHWS, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Old Salem: David Bjorgen, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Dean Smith Center: No machine-readable author provided. Snargle~commonswiki assumed (based on copyr, Public domain
5 within 15 miles of the center of Gibsonville
About 4 of every 100 Gibsonville residents are enrolled in college, against 6 across North Carolina.
Where Gibsonville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in Gibsonville on the National Register of Historic Places.
5 notable people were born in Gibsonville.
Town in North Carolina, United States
Gibsonville ("City of Roses") is a town in both Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Most of Gibsonville is situated in the Greensboro-Winston-Salem-High Point Combined Statistical Area and the eastern portion is in the Burlington, North Carolina Metropolitan Statistical Area, encompassing all of Alamance County. According to the 2020 census, the population of Gibsonville was 8,971.
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3 towns share a border with Gibsonville.
| Town | NC rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gibsonville | #63 | B | C+ | B | B− | B+ |
| Burlington | #249 | D | B− | D | C | C |
| Elon | #49 | B | D | A | C | A |
| Whitsett | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Whitsett isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Gibsonville with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Gibsonville grades B overall, better than 58% of U.S. towns and #63 of 286 in North Carolina. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and B− for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
5 notable people were born here, including Emma Tillman and Torry Holt.
