Gamewell vs Granite Falls

A side-by-side comparison of Gamewell and Granite Falls: population, income, housing, and more.

Gamewell 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 3,701 in Gamewell). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($74,250 vs $55,977 in Gamewell). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $154,100 in Gamewell).

Population, income & housing

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
Population	3,701	4,921
Median age	45.7 yrs	42.4 yrs
Median household income	$55,977	$74,250
Median home value	$154,100	$203,100
Median gross rent	$875	$845
Housing units	1,650	1,793
Homeownership rate	72.7%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	4.4%	27.2%
Unemployment rate	5.1%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
Population	3,987 → 3,701 (-7.2%)	4,628 → 4,921 (+6.3%)
Median household income	$46,057 → $55,977 (+21.5%)	$62,522 → $74,250 (+18.8%)
Median home value	$101,700 → $154,100 (+51.5%)	$159,900 → $203,100 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$721 → $875 (+21.4%)	$718 → $845 (+17.7%)

Gamewell

Population

3,9873,701

Median household income

$46,057$55,977

Median home value

$101,700$154,100

Median gross rent

$721$875

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)

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
Under 5	3.9%	8.2%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.4%
18 to 24	9.9%	7.6%
25 to 34	12.8%	9.0%
35 to 44	6.1%	8.6%
45 to 54	20.3%	15.9%
55 to 64	19.7%	9.7%
65 to 74	9.5%	12.7%
75 and over	4.8%	9.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	74.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.4%
Asian	0.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	8.1%
Hispanic or Latino	13.0%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
No high school diploma	22.4%	10.0%
High school graduate	39.7%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	33.6%	32.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.4%	18.8%
Graduate or professional degree	1.0%	8.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
Drove alone	59.4%	83.0%
Carpooled	33.9%	4.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.7%	10.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
1-unit, detached	67.6%	65.6%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	5.7%
2 to 4 units	9.2%	7.9%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	7.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	18.6%	11.2%

Poverty & households

	Gamewell	Granite Falls
Poverty rate	17.3%	15.1%
Average household size	2.60	2.82
Mean commute (minutes)	43	27
Median year structure built	1977	1990