Granite Falls vs Lenoir

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

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

Lenoir has the higher population (18,282 vs 4,921 in Granite Falls). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($74,250 vs $48,889 in Lenoir). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($203,100 vs $165,200 in Lenoir).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
Population	4,921	18,282
Median age	42.4 yrs	43.5 yrs
Median household income	$74,250	$48,889
Median home value	$203,100	$165,200
Median gross rent	$845	$671
Housing units	1,793	8,602
Homeownership rate	68.2%	61.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	5.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
Population	4,628 → 4,921 (+6.3%)	17,879 → 18,282 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $74,250 (+18.8%)	$36,755 → $48,889 (+33.0%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $203,100 (+27.0%)	$111,300 → $165,200 (+48.4%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $845 (+17.7%)	$626 → $671 (+7.2%)

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

Lenoir

Population

17,87918,282

Median household income

$36,755$48,889

Median home value

$111,300$165,200

Median gross rent

$626$671

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
Under 5	8.2%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	14.5%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.6%
25 to 34	9.0%	10.7%
35 to 44	8.6%	10.9%
45 to 54	15.9%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.4%
65 to 74	12.7%	12.6%
75 and over	9.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	70.2%
Black or African American	2.6%	12.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.1%
Asian	0.9%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.1%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	13.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
No high school diploma	10.0%	15.5%
High school graduate	30.3%	30.3%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	15.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	4.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
Drove alone	83.0%	79.7%
Carpooled	4.5%	11.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	6.7%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
1-unit, detached	65.6%	66.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	7.3%
20 or more units	2.0%	5.5%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Lenoir
Poverty rate	15.1%	12.9%
Average household size	2.82	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1990	1973