Cajah's Mountain vs Granite Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Cajah's Mountain and Granite Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Cajah's Mountain and Granite Falls are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Granite Falls has the higher population (4,921 vs 2,696 in Cajah's Mountain). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($74,250 vs $53,714 in Cajah's Mountain). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $175,900 in Cajah's Mountain).

Population, income & housing

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
Population	2,696	4,921
Median age	40.9 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,714	$74,250
Median home value	$175,900	$203,100
Median gross rent	$677	$845
Housing units	1,012	1,793
Homeownership rate	76.8%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.9%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	7.6%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
Population	2,735 → 2,696 (-1.4%)	4,628 → 4,921 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$44,452 → $53,714 (+20.8%)	$62,522 → $74,250 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$131,600 → $175,900 (+33.7%)	$159,900 → $203,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$589 → $677 (+14.9%)	$718 → $845 (+17.7%)

Cajah's Mountain

Population

2,7352,696

Median household income

$44,452$53,714

Median home value

$131,600$175,900

Median gross rent

$589$677

Granite Falls

Population

4,6284,921

Median household income

$62,522$74,250

Median home value

$159,900$203,100

Median gross rent

$718$845

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
Under 5	5.5%	8.2%
5 to 17	17.7%	19.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	7.6%
25 to 34	11.1%	9.0%
35 to 44	13.2%	8.6%
45 to 54	15.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	14.8%	9.7%
65 to 74	8.6%	12.7%
75 and over	6.9%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	90.9%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.2%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.3%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
No high school diploma	18.0%	10.0%
High school graduate	35.8%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	10.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	3.6%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
Drove alone	84.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	8.8%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.3%	10.0%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
1-unit, detached	88.1%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	5.8%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	2.2%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Cajah's Mountain	Granite Falls
Poverty rate	11.9%	15.1%
Average household size	2.85	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1974	1990