Graingers vs Kinston

A side-by-side comparison of Graingers and Kinston: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Kinston has the higher population (19,576 vs 32 in Graingers). Kinston has the higher median household income ($35,250 vs $33,583 in Graingers). Since 2019, Kinston's population has grown faster (-4.0% vs -50.0%).

Population, income & housing

	Graingers	Kinston
Population	32	19,576
Median age	76.6 yrs	42.9 yrs
Median household income	$33,583	$35,250
Median home value	—	$108,300
Median gross rent	—	$822
Housing units	79	10,653
Homeownership rate	44.4%	42.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	0.0%	16.1%
Unemployment rate	—	13.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graingers	Kinston
Population	64 → 32 (-50.0%)	20,398 → 19,576 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$49,091 → $33,583 (-31.6%)	$33,066 → $35,250 (+6.6%)
Median home value	$131,900 → $134,700 (+2.1%)	$101,800 → $108,300 (+6.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$703 → $822 (+16.9%)

Graingers

Population

6432

Median household income

$49,091$33,583

Median home value

$131,900$134,700

Kinston

Population

20,39819,576

Median household income

$33,066$35,250

Median home value

$101,800$108,300

Median gross rent

$703$822

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graingers	Kinston
Under 5	0.0%	5.8%
5 to 17	0.0%	17.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	0.0%	10.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	10.9%
45 to 54	0.0%	11.0%
55 to 64	0.0%	12.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.3%
75 and over	100.0%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graingers	Kinston
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	23.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	65.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.6%
Two or more races	0.0%	4.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graingers	Kinston
No high school diploma	0.0%	18.8%
High school graduate	62.5%	34.6%
Some college or associate's	37.5%	30.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	9.3%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graingers	Kinston
Drove alone	—	79.6%
Carpooled	—	14.2%
Public transit	—	0.2%
Walked	—	3.0%
Bicycle	—	0.0%
Worked from home	—	2.1%
Other means	—	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graingers	Kinston
1-unit, detached	100.0%	61.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	3.4%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	3.1%

Poverty & households

	Graingers	Kinston
Poverty rate	0.0%	28.9%
Average household size	1.19	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	—	20
Median year structure built	1953	1968