Granite Falls vs Northlakes

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

Granite Falls and Northlakes 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 1,462 in Northlakes). Northlakes has the higher median household income ($101,461 vs $74,250 in Granite Falls). Northlakes has the higher median home value ($335,500 vs $203,100 in Granite Falls).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
Population	4,921	1,462
Median age	42.4 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$74,250	$101,461
Median home value	$203,100	$335,500
Median gross rent	$845	—
Housing units	1,793	563
Homeownership rate	68.2%	85.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	27.2%	57.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
Population	4,628 → 4,921 (+6.3%)	1,509 → 1,462 (-3.1%)
Median household income	$62,522 → $74,250 (+18.8%)	$81,875 → $101,461 (+23.9%)
Median home value	$159,900 → $203,100 (+27.0%)	$210,100 → $335,500 (+59.7%)
Median gross rent	$718 → $845 (+17.7%)	—

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

Northlakes

Population

1,5091,462

Median household income

$81,875$101,461

Median home value

$210,100$335,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
Under 5	8.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	19.4%	21.4%
18 to 24	7.6%	5.3%
25 to 34	9.0%	2.5%
35 to 44	8.6%	17.0%
45 to 54	15.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	9.7%	11.6%
65 to 74	12.7%	15.2%
75 and over	9.0%	6.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
White (non-Hispanic)	74.7%	95.4%
Black or African American	2.6%	0.3%
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%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	13.2%	2.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
No high school diploma	10.0%	3.4%
High school graduate	30.3%	10.4%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	28.7%
Bachelor's degree	18.8%	41.5%
Graduate or professional degree	8.4%	16.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
Drove alone	83.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.5%	18.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.0%	12.3%
Other means	1.7%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
1-unit, detached	65.6%	98.4%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	7.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	11.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Northlakes
Poverty rate	15.1%	2.7%
Average household size	2.82	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1990	1985