Granite Falls vs Hanley Falls

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

Granite Falls and Hanley 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 288 in Hanley Falls). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($59,402 vs $57,917 in Hanley Falls). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($139,700 vs $76,700 in Hanley Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
Population	2,612	288
Median age	41.4 yrs	30.3 yrs
Median household income	$59,402	$57,917
Median home value	$139,700	$76,700
Median gross rent	$818	$628
Housing units	1,258	131
Homeownership rate	77.8%	53.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.4%	8.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
Population	2,660 → 2,612 (-1.8%)	497 → 288 (-42.1%)
Median household income	$58,690 → $59,402 (+1.2%)	$46,667 → $57,917 (+24.1%)
Median home value	$125,300 → $139,700 (+11.5%)	$67,200 → $76,700 (+14.1%)
Median gross rent	$583 → $818 (+40.3%)	$721 → $628 (-12.9%)

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

Hanley Falls

Population

497288

Median household income

$46,667$57,917

Median home value

$67,200$76,700

Median gross rent

$721$628

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
Under 5	7.0%	8.3%
5 to 17	12.2%	14.9%
18 to 24	9.4%	20.5%
25 to 34	14.4%	10.1%
35 to 44	10.2%	16.0%
45 to 54	8.7%	6.3%
55 to 64	13.6%	14.2%
65 to 74	9.8%	5.9%
75 and over	14.6%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	78.5%	70.8%
Black or African American	1.9%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	7.4%	1.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.8%	7.6%
Hispanic or Latino	10.4%	20.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
No high school diploma	12.5%	13.6%
High school graduate	28.9%	45.1%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	3.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
Drove alone	80.1%	91.0%
Carpooled	9.3%	6.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	5.7%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.1%
Worked from home	5.0%	1.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
1-unit, detached	79.7%	71.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	4.5%	24.4%
20 or more units	7.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.5%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Hanley Falls
Poverty rate	9.3%	13.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	16	26
Median year structure built	1970	1955