Canby vs Granite Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Canby and Granite Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Canby and Granite Falls are places in Minnesota. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Granite Falls has the higher population (2,612 vs 1,563 in Canby). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($59,402 vs $58,839 in Canby). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $131,800 in Canby).

Population, income & housing

	Canby	Granite Falls
Population	1,563	2,612
Median age	40.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$58,839	$59,402
Median home value	$131,800	$139,700
Median gross rent	$600	$818
Housing units	805	1,258
Homeownership rate	82.7%	77.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.4%	23.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Canby	Granite Falls
Population	1,605 → 1,563 (-2.6%)	2,660 → 2,612 (-1.8%)
Median household income	$49,280 → $58,839 (+19.4%)	$58,690 → $59,402 (+1.2%)
Median home value	$93,200 → $131,800 (+41.4%)	$125,300 → $139,700 (+11.5%)
Median gross rent	$458 → $600 (+31.0%)	$583 → $818 (+40.3%)

Canby

Population

1,6051,563

Median household income

$49,280$58,839

Median home value

$93,200$131,800

Median gross rent

$458$600

Granite Falls

Population

2,6602,612

Median household income

$58,690$59,402

Median home value

$125,300$139,700

Median gross rent

$583$818

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Canby	Granite Falls
Under 5	4.4%	7.0%
5 to 17	19.5%	12.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	9.4%
25 to 34	13.7%	14.4%
35 to 44	12.0%	10.2%
45 to 54	6.1%	8.7%
55 to 64	12.9%	13.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	9.8%
75 and over	13.5%	14.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Canby	Granite Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	93.1%	78.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	7.4%
Asian	0.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	10.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Canby	Granite Falls
No high school diploma	5.7%	12.5%
High school graduate	33.9%	28.9%
Some college or associate's	43.0%	35.2%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	15.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Canby	Granite Falls
Drove alone	77.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	2.7%	9.3%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	5.6%	5.7%
Bicycle	1.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.4%	5.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Canby	Granite Falls
1-unit, detached	78.6%	79.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	1.9%
5 to 19 units	13.5%	4.5%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.8%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	4.5%

Poverty & households

	Canby	Granite Falls
Poverty rate	12.0%	9.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	18	16
Median year structure built	1964	1970