Crossnore vs Grandfather Village

A side-by-side comparison of Crossnore and Grandfather Village: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Crossnore has the higher population (129 vs 25 in Grandfather Village). Grandfather Village has the higher median household income ($195,625 vs $107,292 in Crossnore). Grandfather Village has the higher median home value ($1,208,300 vs $222,500 in Crossnore).

Population, income & housing

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
Population	129	25
Median age	19.1 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$107,292	$195,625
Median home value	$222,500	$1,208,300
Housing units	44	461
Homeownership rate	100.0%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.2%	88.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
Population	131 → 129 (-1.5%)	74 → 25 (-66.2%)
Median household income	$82,500 → $107,292 (+30.1%)	$195,000 → $195,625 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$162,500 → $222,500 (+36.9%)	$800,000 → $1,208,300 (+51.0%)

Crossnore

Population

131129

Median household income

$82,500$107,292

Median home value

$162,500$222,500

Grandfather Village

Population

7425

Median household income

$195,000$195,625

Median home value

$800,000$1,208,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
Under 5	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 17	49.6%	0.0%
18 to 24	10.1%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	5.4%	0.0%
45 to 54	7.0%	0.0%
55 to 64	8.5%	0.0%
65 to 74	10.9%	52.0%
75 and over	8.5%	48.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
White (non-Hispanic)	67.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	26.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	5.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.8%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
No high school diploma	7.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	9.6%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	63.5%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	9.6%	56.0%
Graduate or professional degree	9.6%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
Drove alone	100.0%	100.0%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
1-unit, detached	93.2%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.7%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	6.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Crossnore	Grandfather Village
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	2.48	1.92
Median year structure built	1972	1980