Grover vs Polkville

A side-by-side comparison of Grover and Polkville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grover has the higher population (602 vs 542 in Polkville). Polkville has the higher median household income ($66,607 vs $36,111 in Grover). Polkville has the higher median home value ($155,600 vs $101,500 in Grover).

Population, income & housing

	Grover	Polkville
Population	602	542
Median age	45.7 yrs	38.8 yrs
Median household income	$36,111	$66,607
Median home value	$101,500	$155,600
Median gross rent	$863	$1,014
Housing units	281	251
Homeownership rate	60.3%	76.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.7%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	14.8%	0.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grover	Polkville
Population	638 → 602 (-5.6%)	479 → 542 (+13.2%)
Median household income	$37,500 → $36,111 (-3.7%)	$40,000 → $66,607 (+66.5%)
Median home value	$93,500 → $101,500 (+8.6%)	$116,200 → $155,600 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$646 → $863 (+33.6%)	$839 → $1,014 (+20.9%)

Grover

Population

638602

Median household income

$37,500$36,111

Median home value

$93,500$101,500

Median gross rent

$646$863

Polkville

Population

479542

Median household income

$40,000$66,607

Median home value

$116,200$155,600

Median gross rent

$839$1,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grover	Polkville
Under 5	3.8%	5.2%
5 to 17	20.9%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.1%	4.1%
25 to 34	7.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	11.5%	11.3%
45 to 54	13.3%	12.9%
55 to 64	11.6%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.6%	9.4%
75 and over	16.1%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grover	Polkville
White (non-Hispanic)	89.4%	100.0%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grover	Polkville
No high school diploma	17.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	33.4%	41.6%
Some college or associate's	43.4%	28.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.1%	10.3%
Graduate or professional degree	2.6%	12.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grover	Polkville
Drove alone	94.1%	82.6%
Carpooled	3.5%	8.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	2.0%	2.6%
Other means	0.0%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grover	Polkville
1-unit, detached	69.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.8%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	2.8%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	18.9%	21.5%

Poverty & households

	Grover	Polkville
Poverty rate	20.8%	18.5%
Average household size	2.39	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	33	26
Median year structure built	1971	1968