Granite Falls vs Sultan

A side-by-side comparison of Granite Falls and Sultan: population, income, housing, and more.

Granite Falls and Sultan are places in Washington. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sultan has the higher population (5,770 vs 4,658 in Granite Falls). Granite Falls has the higher median household income ($100,720 vs $85,278 in Sultan). Granite Falls has the higher median home value ($519,800 vs $455,500 in Sultan).

Population, income & housing

	Granite Falls	Sultan
Population	4,658	5,770
Median age	35.2 yrs	38.1 yrs
Median household income	$100,720	$85,278
Median home value	$519,800	$455,500
Median gross rent	$1,725	$1,607
Housing units	1,873	2,235
Homeownership rate	79.3%	84.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.9%	28.3%
Unemployment rate	0.7%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granite Falls	Sultan
Population	3,737 → 4,658 (+24.6%)	5,166 → 5,770 (+11.7%)
Median household income	$70,563 → $100,720 (+42.7%)	$79,023 → $85,278 (+7.9%)
Median home value	$250,200 → $519,800 (+107.8%)	$290,800 → $455,500 (+56.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,285 → $1,725 (+34.2%)	$1,288 → $1,607 (+24.8%)

Granite Falls

Population

3,7374,658

Median household income

$70,563$100,720

Median home value

$250,200$519,800

Median gross rent

$1,285$1,725

Sultan

Population

5,1665,770

Median household income

$79,023$85,278

Median home value

$290,800$455,500

Median gross rent

$1,288$1,607

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granite Falls	Sultan
Under 5	5.9%	6.4%
5 to 17	21.9%	14.5%
18 to 24	5.2%	6.0%
25 to 34	16.3%	17.2%
35 to 44	21.2%	22.1%
45 to 54	10.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.3%	9.2%
65 to 74	4.9%	9.2%
75 and over	4.2%	6.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granite Falls	Sultan
White (non-Hispanic)	76.0%	61.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	1.5%	2.1%
Asian	8.6%	9.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	9.3%	5.1%
Hispanic or Latino	4.6%	19.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granite Falls	Sultan
No high school diploma	7.2%	15.2%
High school graduate	33.1%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	36.8%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree	16.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	6.2%	10.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granite Falls	Sultan
Drove alone	79.1%	69.6%
Carpooled	2.3%	11.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.5%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.9%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.6%	17.4%
Other means	1.7%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granite Falls	Sultan
1-unit, detached	83.5%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	5.7%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	4.0%	4.2%
20 or more units	3.7%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	9.7%

Poverty & households

	Granite Falls	Sultan
Poverty rate	4.5%	3.2%
Average household size	2.74	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	37	37
Median year structure built	1997	1995