East Spencer vs Granite Quarry

A side-by-side comparison of East Spencer and Granite Quarry: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Granite Quarry has the higher population (3,015 vs 1,309 in East Spencer). Granite Quarry has the higher median household income ($53,072 vs $34,696 in East Spencer). Granite Quarry has the higher median home value ($246,500 vs $108,500 in East Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
Population	1,309	3,015
Median age	53.6 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	$34,696	$53,072
Median home value	$108,500	$246,500
Median gross rent	$733	—
Housing units	786	1,325
Homeownership rate	52.2%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
Population	1,336 → 1,309 (-2.0%)	2,989 → 3,015 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$33,633 → $34,696 (+3.2%)	$50,396 → $53,072 (+5.3%)
Median home value	$79,500 → $108,500 (+36.5%)	$167,400 → $246,500 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	$507 → $733 (+44.6%)	$559 → $602 (+7.7%)

East Spencer

Population

1,3361,309

Median household income

$33,633$34,696

Median home value

$79,500$108,500

Median gross rent

$507$733

Granite Quarry

Population

2,9893,015

Median household income

$50,396$53,072

Median home value

$167,400$246,500

Median gross rent

$559$602

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
Under 5	3.2%	3.8%
5 to 17	7.9%	18.8%
18 to 24	3.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	10.7%	17.3%
35 to 44	15.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	11.1%	9.9%
55 to 64	16.8%	16.5%
65 to 74	28.0%	9.9%
75 and over	4.2%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
White (non-Hispanic)	9.3%	78.8%
Black or African American	78.2%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	9.3%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
No high school diploma	13.2%	6.0%
High school graduate	50.3%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	26.1%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	9.2%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
Drove alone	84.7%	82.6%
Carpooled	7.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	2.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	3.1%	11.2%
Other means	2.7%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
1-unit, detached	77.6%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.4%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	2.0%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	East Spencer	Granite Quarry
Poverty rate	28.9%	11.7%
Average household size	1.87	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1965	1984