Granite Quarry vs Salisbury

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

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

Salisbury has the higher population (35,730 vs 3,015 in Granite Quarry). Granite Quarry has the higher median household income ($53,072 vs $51,058 in Salisbury). Granite Quarry has the higher median home value ($246,500 vs $215,200 in Salisbury).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
Population	3,015	35,730
Median age	33.6 yrs	36.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,072	$51,058
Median home value	$246,500	$215,200
Median gross rent	—	$1,030
Housing units	1,325	15,523
Homeownership rate	69.7%	49.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	26.9%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	7.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
Population	2,989 → 3,015 (+0.9%)	33,727 → 35,730 (+5.9%)
Median household income	$50,396 → $53,072 (+5.3%)	$41,901 → $51,058 (+21.9%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $246,500 (+47.3%)	$129,100 → $215,200 (+66.7%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $602 (+7.7%)	$786 → $1,030 (+31.0%)

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

Salisbury

Population

33,72735,730

Median household income

$41,901$51,058

Median home value

$129,100$215,200

Median gross rent

$786$1,030

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
Under 5	3.8%	5.5%
5 to 17	18.8%	17.1%
18 to 24	11.6%	11.6%
25 to 34	17.3%	13.6%
35 to 44	10.1%	12.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.8%
55 to 64	16.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.9%	9.3%
75 and over	2.2%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	47.5%
Black or African American	3.3%	35.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.2%
Asian	0.0%	1.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	12.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
No high school diploma	6.0%	13.4%
High school graduate	29.9%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	32.3%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	16.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
Drove alone	82.6%	74.0%
Carpooled	5.9%	11.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	2.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.7%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.8%
Other means	0.1%	3.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
1-unit, detached	70.1%	59.7%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	17.6%
20 or more units	1.3%	5.2%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	4.6%

Poverty & households

	Granite Quarry	Salisbury
Poverty rate	11.7%	24.3%
Average household size	2.47	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	30	21
Median year structure built	1984	1976