Elk Park vs Grandfather Village

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

Elk Park 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.

Elk Park has the higher population (694 vs 25 in Grandfather Village). Grandfather Village has the higher median household income ($195,625 vs $44,350 in Elk Park). Grandfather Village has the higher median home value ($1,208,300 vs $145,000 in Elk Park).

Population, income & housing

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
Population	694	25
Median age	46.1 yrs	73.8 yrs
Median household income	$44,350	$195,625
Median home value	$145,000	$1,208,300
Housing units	363	461
Homeownership rate	57.9%	100.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.9%	88.0%
Unemployment rate	7.1%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
Population	744 → 694 (-6.7%)	74 → 25 (-66.2%)
Median household income	$40,200 → $44,350 (+10.3%)	$195,000 → $195,625 (+0.3%)
Median home value	$98,500 → $145,000 (+47.2%)	$800,000 → $1,208,300 (+51.0%)

Elk Park

Population

744694

Median household income

$40,200$44,350

Median home value

$98,500$145,000

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)

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
Under 5	6.6%	0.0%
5 to 17	11.5%	0.0%
18 to 24	2.2%	0.0%
25 to 34	22.0%	0.0%
35 to 44	7.5%	0.0%
45 to 54	16.6%	0.0%
55 to 64	16.7%	0.0%
65 to 74	8.9%	52.0%
75 and over	7.9%	48.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
No high school diploma	17.2%	0.0%
High school graduate	29.8%	0.0%
Some college or associate's	41.0%	12.0%
Bachelor's degree	8.5%	56.0%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	32.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
Drove alone	75.3%	100.0%
Carpooled	2.8%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.2%	0.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
1-unit, detached	50.7%	69.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	1.7%
2 to 4 units	16.3%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	0.3%	13.7%
20 or more units	1.4%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	29.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Elk Park	Grandfather Village
Poverty rate	27.4%	0.0%
Average household size	2.16	1.92
Mean commute (minutes)	20	—
Median year structure built	1971	1980