Granite Falls vs Hudson

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

Granite Falls and Hudson 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 3,777 in Hudson). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($74,250 vs $61,600 in Hudson). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $196,200 in Hudson).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Hudson
Population	4,921	3,777
Median age	42.4 yrs	42.7 yrs
Median household income	$74,250	$61,600
Median home value	$203,100	$196,200
Median gross rent	$845	$752
Housing units	1,793	1,621
Homeownership rate	68.2%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	25.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Hudson
Population	4,628 → 4,921 (+6.3%)	3,701 → 3,777 (+2.1%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $74,250 (+18.8%)	$40,842 → $61,600 (+50.8%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $203,100 (+27.0%)	$150,500 → $196,200 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $845 (+17.7%)	$618 → $752 (+21.7%)

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

Hudson

Population

3,7013,777

Median household income

$40,842$61,600

Median home value

$150,500$196,200

Median gross rent

$618$752

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Hudson
Under 5	8.2%	2.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.6%	11.0%
25 to 34	9.0%	8.4%
35 to 44	8.6%	14.5%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.4%
55 to 64	9.7%	14.0%
65 to 74	12.7%	11.3%
75 and over	9.0%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Hudson
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	91.7%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Hudson
No high school diploma	10.0%	13.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	30.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	16.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	9.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Hudson
Drove alone	83.0%	70.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	21.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	7.5%
Other means	1.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Hudson
1-unit, detached	65.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	5.7%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Hudson
Poverty rate	15.1%	17.5%
Average household size	2.82	2.54
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1990	1980