Granby vs Ware

A side-by-side comparison of Granby and Ware: population, income, housing, and more.

Granby and Ware are places in Massachusetts. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Ware has the higher population (5,723 vs 1,127 in Granby). Granby has the higher median household income ($126,136 vs $52,039 in Ware). Granby has the higher median home value ($299,700 vs $229,700 in Ware).

Population, income & housing

	Granby	Ware
Population	1,127	5,723
Median age	46.4 yrs	42.0 yrs
Median household income	$126,136	$52,039
Median home value	$299,700	$229,700
Median gross rent	—	$1,046
Housing units	544	2,996
Homeownership rate	93.4%	56.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	50.6%	15.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	11.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granby	Ware
Population	1,272 → 1,127 (-11.4%)	5,888 → 5,723 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$96,397 → $126,136 (+30.9%)	$42,550 → $52,039 (+22.3%)
Median home value	$240,900 → $299,700 (+24.4%)	$179,400 → $229,700 (+28.0%)
Median gross rent	$732 → $859 (+17.3%)	$943 → $1,046 (+10.9%)

Granby

Population

1,2721,127

Median household income

$96,397$126,136

Median home value

$240,900$299,700

Median gross rent

$732$859

Ware

Population

5,8885,723

Median household income

$42,550$52,039

Median home value

$179,400$229,700

Median gross rent

$943$1,046

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granby	Ware
Under 5	0.0%	5.7%
5 to 17	23.2%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.1%	9.4%
25 to 34	2.8%	13.5%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.9%
45 to 54	20.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	18.9%	11.6%
65 to 74	6.6%	6.9%
75 and over	8.6%	12.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granby	Ware
White (non-Hispanic)	94.7%	86.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	4.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.3%	1.5%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granby	Ware
No high school diploma	4.8%	9.4%
High school graduate	17.9%	47.2%
Some college or associate's	26.6%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	33.4%	13.3%
Graduate or professional degree	17.2%	2.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granby	Ware
Drove alone	89.2%	76.4%
Carpooled	2.0%	11.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.8%	6.9%
Other means	0.0%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granby	Ware
1-unit, detached	85.1%	39.8%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	38.4%
5 to 19 units	11.4%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.9%

Poverty & households

	Granby	Ware
Poverty rate	7.5%	14.2%
Average household size	2.55	2.15
Mean commute (minutes)	31	25
Median year structure built	1971	1938