Grantsboro vs Oriental

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

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

Oriental has the higher population (930 vs 698 in Grantsboro). Grantsboro has the higher median household income ($62,292 vs $57,875 in Oriental). Oriental has the higher median home value ($406,800 vs $150,000 in Grantsboro).

Population, income & housing

	Grantsboro	Oriental
Population	698	930
Median age	44.6 yrs	68.7 yrs
Median household income	$62,292	$57,875
Median home value	$150,000	$406,800
Median gross rent	$847	$1,106
Housing units	305	817
Homeownership rate	84.3%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.4%	52.6%
Unemployment rate	1.4%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grantsboro	Oriental
Population	609 → 698 (+14.6%)	994 → 930 (-6.4%)
Median household income	$53,295 → $62,292 (+16.9%)	$53,631 → $57,875 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$91,200 → $150,000 (+64.5%)	$273,300 → $406,800 (+48.8%)
Median gross rent	$731 → $847 (+15.9%)	$963 → $1,106 (+14.8%)

Grantsboro

Population

609698

Median household income

$53,295$62,292

Median home value

$91,200$150,000

Median gross rent

$731$847

Oriental

Population

994930

Median household income

$53,631$57,875

Median home value

$273,300$406,800

Median gross rent

$963$1,106

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grantsboro	Oriental
Under 5	7.3%	0.4%
5 to 17	12.8%	2.4%
18 to 24	10.6%	0.8%
25 to 34	10.9%	0.4%
35 to 44	9.5%	1.8%
45 to 54	16.3%	6.8%
55 to 64	15.9%	24.1%
65 to 74	11.3%	39.9%
75 and over	5.4%	23.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grantsboro	Oriental
White (non-Hispanic)	68.6%	91.8%
Black or African American	16.2%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.7%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.5%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grantsboro	Oriental
No high school diploma	16.1%	2.2%
High school graduate	28.7%	14.4%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	30.8%
Bachelor's degree	14.0%	25.5%
Graduate or professional degree	4.3%	27.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grantsboro	Oriental
Drove alone	81.9%	67.2%
Carpooled	11.6%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	1.6%
Worked from home	5.1%	28.8%
Other means	1.1%	2.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grantsboro	Oriental
1-unit, detached	65.2%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	12.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	5.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.5%
Mobile home & other	34.8%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Grantsboro	Oriental
Poverty rate	17.1%	6.3%
Average household size	2.60	1.62
Mean commute (minutes)	27	14
Median year structure built	1987	1990