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Disaster risk in Greensboro

Greensboro ranks #34 of 134 US cities for low disaster risk, with a resilience score of 75 — Very Fun. That puts it in the 75th percentile nationally and #4 of 6 in North Carolina.

resilience score
75
Very Fun
National rank
#34 of 134
In North Carolina
#4 of 6
Percentile
75th

The typical city scores 50 for low disaster risk; Greensboro sits 25 points above the median.

How disaster risk is measured

Exposure to natural hazards and severe events.

The resilience score is the flip side of our disaster risk measure — 100 minus the raw disaster risk score — so a city with less of it scores higher.

Data source: FEMA National Risk Index.

Full methodology → Glossary The raw measurement is part of the Data plan →

Ranked around Greensboro

  1. T#31 Lexington, KY 77
  2. #33 Toledo, OH 76
  3. #34 Greensboro, NC — this page 75
  4. T#35 Boston, MA 74
  5. T#35 Providence, RI 74

See the full leaderboard — Cities at the lowest disaster risk →

Top US cities for low disaster risk

  1. #1 Stowe, VT 100
  2. #2 Telluride, CO 99
  3. T#3 Aspen, CO 98
  4. T#3 Virginia Beach, VA 98
  5. #5 Park City, UT 97

More about Greensboro

Greensboro scores 59 overall (Fun) on the CityFunIndex. Its strongest factors: