Grandfather Village vs Linville

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

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

Linville has the higher population (437 vs 25 in Grandfather Village). Grandfather Village has the higher median household income ($195,625 vs $72,759 in Linville). Grandfather Village has the higher median home value ($1,208,300 vs $348,100 in Linville).

Population, income & housing

	Grandfather Village	Linville
Population	25	437
Median age	73.8 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$195,625	$72,759
Median home value	$1,208,300	$348,100
Housing units	461	304
Homeownership rate	100.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.0%	15.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	16.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandfather Village	Linville
Population	74 → 25 (-66.2%)	299 → 437 (+46.2%)
Median household income	$195,000 → $195,625 (+0.3%)	$65,385 → $72,759 (+11.3%)
Median home value	$800,000 → $1,208,300 (+51.0%)	$294,800 → $348,100 (+18.1%)

Grandfather Village

Population

7425

Median household income

$195,000$195,625

Median home value

$800,000$1,208,300

Linville

Population

299437

Median household income

$65,385$72,759

Median home value

$294,800$348,100

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandfather Village	Linville
Under 5	0.0%	9.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	8.2%
18 to 24	0.0%	13.3%
25 to 34	0.0%	16.7%
35 to 44	0.0%	2.1%
45 to 54	0.0%	3.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	34.6%
65 to 74	52.0%	12.1%
75 and over	48.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandfather Village	Linville
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandfather Village	Linville
No high school diploma	0.0%	0.0%
High school graduate	0.0%	42.4%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	42.4%
Bachelor's degree	56.0%	7.3%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	7.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandfather Village	Linville
Drove alone	100.0%	77.8%
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%	22.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandfather Village	Linville
1-unit, detached	69.2%	77.0%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Grandfather Village	Linville
Poverty rate	0.0%	0.0%
Average household size	1.92	2.50
Median year structure built	1980	1974