Gold Hill vs Granite Quarry

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

Gold Hill 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 401 in Gold Hill). Since 2019, Gold Hill's population has grown faster (+30.2% vs +0.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
Population	401	3,015
Median age	39.4 yrs	33.6 yrs
Median household income	—	$53,072
Median home value	—	$246,500
Housing units	164	1,325
Homeownership rate	87.5%	69.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%	23.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	6.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
Population	308 → 401 (+30.2%)	2,989 → 3,015 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$93,196 → $105,254 (+12.9%)	$50,396 → $53,072 (+5.3%)
Median home value	—	$167,400 → $246,500 (+47.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$559 → $602 (+7.7%)

Gold Hill

Population

308401

Median household income

$93,196$105,254

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)

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
Under 5	5.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	22.7%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.0%	17.3%
35 to 44	13.0%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.7%	9.9%
55 to 64	25.2%	16.5%
65 to 74	3.0%	9.9%
75 and over	0.0%	2.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
White (non-Hispanic)	99.8%	78.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	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	0.2%	1.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	15.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
No high school diploma	49.3%	6.0%
High school graduate	10.8%	29.9%
Some college or associate's	33.7%	40.8%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	16.6%
Graduate or professional degree	0.0%	6.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
Drove alone	100.0%	82.6%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	11.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
1-unit, detached	53.7%	70.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	22.6%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.8%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.3%
Mobile home & other	46.3%	3.2%

Poverty & households

	Gold Hill	Granite Quarry
Poverty rate	13.5%	11.7%
Average household size	2.64	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	—	30
Median year structure built	1984	1984