What is the population of Granite Falls town?

Granite Falls town has 4,921 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #168 of 777 in North Carolina.

What is the median household income in Granite Falls town?

Median household income in Granite Falls town is $74,250 a year, 5.5% below the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Granite Falls town?

Median gross rent is $845 a month and the median home value is $203,100, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.

Is Granite Falls town affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Granite Falls town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Granite Falls, NC population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Granite Falls, North Carolina (Granite Falls, NC — Census place “Granite Falls town”) is 4,921 residents, ranking #168 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $74,250, the median home is worth $203,100 and median gross rent runs $845 a month. Looking for the Granite Falls North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Granite Falls, NC: 28630.

Population: 4,921Granite Falls town residents
Median household income: $74,250Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $203,100Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $845Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 42.4 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 68.2%Owner-occupied households

Granite Falls ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Granite Falls.

The Granite Falls NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

28630

What the numbers mean in Granite Falls town

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Granite Falls town median would spend about 13.7% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 2.7× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 15.1% of residents and 68.2% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Granite Falls town, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Granite Falls town is a small town in North Carolina, with 4,921 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #168 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 78% of them. The median age here is 42.4 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Granite Falls town earn a median of $74,250 a year, 5.5% below the national figure of $78,538 and 21% above the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 15.1% of residents here, above the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Granite Falls town is valued at $203,100, 33.1% below the national figure and 8% below the $219,800 peer median, while median gross rent runs $845 a month, 39.9% below the national figure, or roughly $10,140 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 13.7% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 2.7×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 68.2% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans toward owners. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

All values below were released by the Census for this exact geography, with no gap-filling on our side. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Granite Falls town?: Granite Falls town has 4,921 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #168 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Granite Falls town?: Median household income in Granite Falls town is $74,250 a year, 5.5% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Granite Falls town?: Median gross rent is $845 a month and the median home value is $203,100, so rent absorbs about 13.7% of median household income.
Is Granite Falls town affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 2.7× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Granite Falls town is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 13.7% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Granite Falls town data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.