Farmville vs Grifton

A side-by-side comparison of Farmville and Grifton: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Farmville has the higher population (4,493 vs 2,661 in Grifton). Farmville has the higher median household income ($50,870 vs $36,664 in Grifton). Farmville has the higher median home value ($184,900 vs $122,100 in Grifton).

Population, income & housing

	Farmville	Grifton
Population	4,493	2,661
Median age	41.6 yrs	35.9 yrs
Median household income	$50,870	$36,664
Median home value	$184,900	$122,100
Median gross rent	$1,019	—
Housing units	2,238	1,356
Homeownership rate	55.3%	39.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.2%	14.1%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	16.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Farmville	Grifton
Population	4,712 → 4,493 (-4.6%)	2,732 → 2,661 (-2.6%)
Median household income	$43,083 → $50,870 (+18.1%)	$31,505 → $36,664 (+16.4%)
Median home value	$141,600 → $184,900 (+30.6%)	$83,800 → $122,100 (+45.7%)
Median gross rent	$712 → $1,019 (+43.1%)	$607 → $650 (+7.1%)

Farmville

Population

4,7124,493

Median household income

$43,083$50,870

Median home value

$141,600$184,900

Median gross rent

$712$1,019

Grifton

Population

2,7322,661

Median household income

$31,505$36,664

Median home value

$83,800$122,100

Median gross rent

$607$650

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Farmville	Grifton
Under 5	3.7%	4.1%
5 to 17	23.6%	17.0%
18 to 24	3.5%	17.6%
25 to 34	13.5%	8.3%
35 to 44	7.3%	8.5%
45 to 54	9.3%	16.4%
55 to 64	12.6%	9.7%
65 to 74	19.5%	5.3%
75 and over	7.0%	13.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Farmville	Grifton
White (non-Hispanic)	45.1%	36.4%
Black or African American	44.2%	42.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.2%	18.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Farmville	Grifton
No high school diploma	15.4%	13.2%
High school graduate	26.3%	33.7%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	38.9%
Bachelor's degree	15.9%	10.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.3%	4.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Farmville	Grifton
Drove alone	71.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	14.0%	15.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.5%	1.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Farmville	Grifton
1-unit, detached	84.7%	60.2%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	1.5%
2 to 4 units	8.3%	18.1%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	10.3%
20 or more units	1.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.9%	10.0%

Poverty & households

	Farmville	Grifton
Poverty rate	27.0%	31.3%
Average household size	2.19	2.25
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	1976	1973