Grandfather Village vs Newland

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

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

Newland has the higher population (815 vs 25 in Grandfather Village). Grandfather Village has the higher median household income ($195,625 vs $43,429 in Newland). Grandfather Village has the higher median home value ($1,208,300 vs $223,800 in Newland).

Population, income & housing

	Grandfather Village	Newland
Population	25	815
Median age	73.8 yrs	50.0 yrs
Median household income	$195,625	$43,429
Median home value	$1,208,300	$223,800
Median gross rent	—	$774
Housing units	461	479
Homeownership rate	100.0%	52.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.0%	29.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	9.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grandfather Village	Newland
Population	74 → 25 (-66.2%)	755 → 815 (+7.9%)
Median household income	$195,000 → $195,625 (+0.3%)	$22,679 → $43,429 (+91.5%)
Median home value	$800,000 → $1,208,300 (+51.0%)	$143,800 → $223,800 (+55.6%)
Median gross rent	—	$667 → $774 (+16.0%)

Grandfather Village

Population

7425

Median household income

$195,000$195,625

Median home value

$800,000$1,208,300

Newland

Population

755815

Median household income

$22,679$43,429

Median home value

$143,800$223,800

Median gross rent

$667$774

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grandfather Village	Newland
Under 5	0.0%	2.3%
5 to 17	0.0%	13.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.7%
25 to 34	0.0%	4.3%
35 to 44	0.0%	13.7%
45 to 54	0.0%	20.7%
55 to 64	0.0%	22.1%
65 to 74	52.0%	9.6%
75 and over	48.0%	10.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grandfather Village	Newland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	92.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.2%
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%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grandfather Village	Newland
No high school diploma	0.0%	4.9%
High school graduate	0.0%	34.0%
Some college or associate's	12.0%	31.9%
Bachelor's degree	56.0%	19.4%
Graduate or professional degree	32.0%	9.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grandfather Village	Newland
Drove alone	100.0%	92.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	0.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	4.8%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grandfather Village	Newland
1-unit, detached	69.2%	68.9%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	4.4%
5 to 19 units	13.7%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	18.4%

Poverty & households

	Grandfather Village	Newland
Poverty rate	0.0%	12.1%
Average household size	1.92	1.96
Mean commute (minutes)	—	16
Median year structure built	1980	1968