Arapahoe vs Grantsboro

A side-by-side comparison of Arapahoe and Grantsboro: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Grantsboro has the higher population (698 vs 384 in Arapahoe). Arapahoe has the higher median household income ($69,792 vs $62,292 in Grantsboro). Grantsboro has the higher median home value ($150,000 vs $136,300 in Arapahoe).

Population, income & housing

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
Population	384	698
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.6 yrs
Median household income	$69,792	$62,292
Median home value	$136,300	$150,000
Median gross rent	$1,101	$847
Housing units	196	305
Homeownership rate	68.9%	84.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.5%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	6.1%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
Population	410 → 384 (-6.3%)	609 → 698 (+14.6%)
Median household income	$48,036 → $69,792 (+45.3%)	$53,295 → $62,292 (+16.9%)
Median home value	$107,800 → $136,300 (+26.4%)	$91,200 → $150,000 (+64.5%)
Median gross rent	$685 → $1,101 (+60.7%)	$731 → $847 (+15.9%)

Arapahoe

Population

410384

Median household income

$48,036$69,792

Median home value

$107,800$136,300

Median gross rent

$685$1,101

Grantsboro

Population

609698

Median household income

$53,295$62,292

Median home value

$91,200$150,000

Median gross rent

$731$847

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
Under 5	2.6%	7.3%
5 to 17	12.0%	12.8%
18 to 24	11.2%	10.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	10.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.5%
45 to 54	13.0%	16.3%
55 to 64	22.7%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	11.3%
75 and over	6.5%	5.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
White (non-Hispanic)	84.4%	68.6%
Black or African American	1.3%	16.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	3.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.7%
Hispanic or Latino	6.8%	12.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
No high school diploma	2.5%	16.1%
High school graduate	50.5%	28.7%
Some college or associate's	29.5%	36.8%
Bachelor's degree	11.9%	14.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	4.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
Drove alone	87.4%	81.9%
Carpooled	2.2%	11.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.2%	5.1%
Other means	2.2%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
1-unit, detached	72.4%	65.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	1.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	26.5%	34.8%

Poverty & households

	Arapahoe	Grantsboro
Poverty rate	18.9%	17.1%
Average household size	2.17	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	22	27
Median year structure built	1979	1987