Grifton vs Winterville

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

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

Winterville has the higher population (10,624 vs 2,661 in Grifton). Winterville has the higher median household income ($82,783 vs $36,664 in Grifton). Winterville has the higher median home value ($226,600 vs $122,100 in Grifton).

Population, income & housing

	Grifton	Winterville
Population	2,661	10,624
Median age	35.9 yrs	39.0 yrs
Median household income	$36,664	$82,783
Median home value	$122,100	$226,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,495
Housing units	1,356	4,630
Homeownership rate	39.4%	86.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.1%	42.4%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Grifton	Winterville
Population	2,732 → 2,661 (-2.6%)	9,645 → 10,624 (+10.2%)
Median household income	$31,505 → $36,664 (+16.4%)	$74,527 → $82,783 (+11.1%)
Median home value	$83,800 → $122,100 (+45.7%)	$161,300 → $226,600 (+40.5%)
Median gross rent	$607 → $650 (+7.1%)	$903 → $1,495 (+65.6%)

Grifton

Population

2,7322,661

Median household income

$31,505$36,664

Median home value

$83,800$122,100

Median gross rent

$607$650

Winterville

Population

9,64510,624

Median household income

$74,527$82,783

Median home value

$161,300$226,600

Median gross rent

$903$1,495

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Grifton	Winterville
Under 5	4.1%	5.5%
5 to 17	17.0%	17.6%
18 to 24	17.6%	12.2%
25 to 34	8.3%	10.4%
35 to 44	8.5%	13.9%
45 to 54	16.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	9.7%	13.3%
65 to 74	5.3%	9.2%
75 and over	13.2%	3.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Grifton	Winterville
White (non-Hispanic)	36.4%	55.4%
Black or African American	42.1%	36.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	2.3%	1.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	0.6%	2.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	5.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Grifton	Winterville
No high school diploma	13.2%	7.3%
High school graduate	33.7%	15.6%
Some college or associate's	38.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.0%	25.3%
Graduate or professional degree	4.1%	17.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Grifton	Winterville
Drove alone	82.3%	69.5%
Carpooled	15.0%	13.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.1%
Walked	1.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.3%	12.9%
Other means	0.3%	3.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Grifton	Winterville
1-unit, detached	60.2%	86.8%
1-unit, attached	1.5%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	18.1%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	10.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Grifton	Winterville
Poverty rate	31.3%	9.4%
Average household size	2.25	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1973	2001