Granite Quarry vs Spencer

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

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

Spencer has the higher population (3,305 vs 3,015 in Granite Quarry). Spencer has the higher median household income ($64,031 vs $53,072 in Granite Quarry). Granite Quarry has the higher median home value ($246,500 vs $149,800 in Spencer).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
Population	3,015	3,305
Median age	33.6 yrs	45.7 yrs
Median household income	$53,072	$64,031
Median home value	$246,500	$149,800
Median gross rent	—	$1,042
Housing units	1,325	1,541
Homeownership rate	69.7%	64.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.2%	21.4%
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
Population	2,989 → 3,015 (+0.9%)	3,230 → 3,305 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$50,396 → $53,072 (+5.3%)	$53,163 → $64,031 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$167,400 → $246,500 (+47.3%)	$98,500 → $149,800 (+52.1%)
Median gross rent	$559 → $602 (+7.7%)	$926 → $1,042 (+12.5%)

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

Spencer

Population

3,2303,305

Median household income

$53,163$64,031

Median home value

$98,500$149,800

Median gross rent

$926$1,042

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
Under 5	3.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.8%	13.9%
18 to 24	11.6%	4.1%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.9%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.2%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.7%
55 to 64	16.5%	13.1%
65 to 74	9.9%	12.3%
75 and over	2.2%	8.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
White (non-Hispanic)	78.8%	61.2%
Black or African American	3.3%	33.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.6%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	1.0%	0.5%
Hispanic or Latino	15.6%	4.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
No high school diploma	6.0%	17.7%
High school graduate	29.9%	31.9%
Some college or associate's	40.8%	29.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.6%	17.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	4.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
Drove alone	82.6%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.9%	6.5%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.2%	17.1%
Other means	0.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
1-unit, detached	70.1%	86.3%
1-unit, attached	1.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	22.6%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	3.0%
20 or more units	1.3%	0.3%
Mobile home & other	3.2%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Granite Quarry	Spencer
Poverty rate	11.7%	13.1%
Average household size	2.47	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	1984	1955