Graham vs Haw River

A side-by-side comparison of Graham and Haw River: population, income, housing, and more.

Graham and Haw River are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Graham has the higher population (17,537 vs 2,581 in Haw River). Haw River has the higher median household income ($67,366 vs $54,783 in Graham). Graham has the higher median home value ($200,600 vs $142,200 in Haw River).

Population, income & housing

	Graham	Haw River
Population	17,537	2,581
Median age	36.4 yrs	35.2 yrs
Median household income	$54,783	$67,366
Median home value	$200,600	$142,200
Median gross rent	$990	$870
Housing units	8,516	1,115
Homeownership rate	52.2%	74.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.5%	21.5%
Unemployment rate	7.9%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham	Haw River
Population	14,925 → 17,537 (+17.5%)	2,458 → 2,581 (+5.0%)
Median household income	$36,310 → $54,783 (+50.9%)	$40,560 → $67,366 (+66.1%)
Median home value	$133,800 → $200,600 (+49.9%)	$99,000 → $142,200 (+43.6%)
Median gross rent	$747 → $990 (+32.5%)	$648 → $870 (+34.3%)

Graham

Population

14,92517,537

Median household income

$36,310$54,783

Median home value

$133,800$200,600

Median gross rent

$747$990

Haw River

Population

2,4582,581

Median household income

$40,560$67,366

Median home value

$99,000$142,200

Median gross rent

$648$870

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham	Haw River
Under 5	6.7%	7.5%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.6%
18 to 24	7.5%	14.7%
25 to 34	19.4%	14.8%
35 to 44	11.6%	14.2%
45 to 54	10.4%	12.9%
55 to 64	14.0%	10.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	8.2%
75 and over	7.6%	4.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham	Haw River
White (non-Hispanic)	51.5%	69.0%
Black or African American	23.5%	8.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	4.1%
Hispanic or Latino	19.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham	Haw River
No high school diploma	13.0%	7.2%
High school graduate	32.7%	35.2%
Some college or associate's	30.8%	36.2%
Bachelor's degree	17.0%	13.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.5%	8.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham	Haw River
Drove alone	83.4%	86.9%
Carpooled	6.5%	8.4%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.7%	4.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham	Haw River
1-unit, detached	63.7%	69.1%
1-unit, attached	2.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	15.4%	7.4%
20 or more units	4.8%	6.0%
Mobile home & other	5.1%	17.5%

Poverty & households

	Graham	Haw River
Poverty rate	18.1%	17.0%
Average household size	2.22	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	24	28
Median year structure built	1984	1975