Graham vs South Hill

A side-by-side comparison of Graham and South Hill: population, income, housing, and more.

Graham and South Hill are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

South Hill has the higher population (68,161 vs 35,090 in Graham). Graham has the higher median household income ($115,501 vs $109,235 in South Hill). South Hill has the higher median home value ($493,800 vs $472,800 in Graham).

Population, income & housing

	Graham	South Hill
Population	35,090	68,161
Median age	35.1 yrs	34.4 yrs
Median household income	$115,501	$109,235
Median home value	$472,800	$493,800
Median gross rent	$2,172	$1,916
Housing units	11,352	23,398
Homeownership rate	81.8%	72.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.9%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Graham	South Hill
Population	28,976 → 35,090 (+21.1%)	60,172 → 68,161 (+13.3%)
Median household income	$86,943 → $115,501 (+32.8%)	$86,568 → $109,235 (+26.2%)
Median home value	$288,000 → $472,800 (+64.2%)	$303,100 → $493,800 (+62.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,641 → $2,172 (+32.4%)	$1,536 → $1,916 (+24.7%)

Graham

Population

28,97635,090

Median household income

$86,943$115,501

Median home value

$288,000$472,800

Median gross rent

$1,641$2,172

South Hill

Population

60,17268,161

Median household income

$86,568$109,235

Median home value

$303,100$493,800

Median gross rent

$1,536$1,916

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Graham	South Hill
Under 5	7.1%	6.5%
5 to 17	23.0%	22.2%
18 to 24	8.0%	7.8%
25 to 34	11.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	14.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	13.1%	12.3%
55 to 64	11.8%	11.0%
65 to 74	6.4%	6.3%
75 and over	4.1%	4.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Graham	South Hill
White (non-Hispanic)	65.7%	61.9%
Black or African American	4.3%	6.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.3%
Asian	3.9%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	2.7%	0.7%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	9.5%	11.3%
Hispanic or Latino	13.4%	12.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Graham	South Hill
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.5%
High school graduate	30.0%	26.1%
Some college or associate's	41.1%	35.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.7%	21.2%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	11.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Graham	South Hill
Drove alone	77.1%	75.4%
Carpooled	9.9%	7.5%
Public transit	1.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	10.5%	13.5%
Other means	0.7%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Graham	South Hill
1-unit, detached	81.9%	74.4%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	5.9%
2 to 4 units	0.7%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	2.3%	6.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	4.1%
Mobile home & other	11.1%	4.9%

Poverty & households

	Graham	South Hill
Poverty rate	6.2%	6.9%
Average household size	3.24	2.98
Mean commute (minutes)	43	35
Median year structure built	2000	1997