Granville County vs Haywood County

A side-by-side comparison of Granville County and Haywood County: population, income, housing, and more.

Granville County and Haywood County are counties in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Haywood County has the higher population (62,432 vs 61,439 in Granville County). Granville County has the higher median household income ($70,975 vs $61,001 in Haywood County). Haywood County has the higher median home value ($254,900 vs $235,700 in Granville County).

Population, income & housing

	Granville County	Haywood County
Population	61,439	62,432
Median age	42.5 yrs	47.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,975	$61,001
Median home value	$235,700	$254,900
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,052
Housing units	24,582	35,307
Homeownership rate	76.6%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granville County	Haywood County
Population	59,328 → 61,439 (+3.6%)	61,053 → 62,432 (+2.3%)
Median household income	$55,856 → $70,975 (+27.1%)	$51,659 → $61,001 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,700 (+51.1%)	$179,700 → $254,900 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,008 (+21.3%)	$785 → $1,052 (+34.0%)

Granville County

Population

59,32861,439

Median household income

$55,856$70,975

Median home value

$156,000$235,700

Median gross rent

$831$1,008

Haywood County

Population

61,05362,432

Median household income

$51,659$61,001

Median home value

$179,700$254,900

Median gross rent

$785$1,052

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granville County	Haywood County
Under 5	5.2%	4.2%
5 to 17	15.4%	13.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.5%
25 to 34	12.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	12.3%	10.7%
45 to 54	14.2%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	15.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	14.6%
75 and over	6.7%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granville County	Haywood County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	90.9%
Black or African American	29.1%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.5%
Asian	0.6%	0.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	3.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granville County	Haywood County
No high school diploma	13.4%	8.4%
High school graduate	30.7%	27.5%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	34.7%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	17.9%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	11.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granville County	Haywood County
Drove alone	80.1%	79.0%
Carpooled	7.4%	9.6%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.3%	2.6%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.2%	7.7%
Other means	0.8%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granville County	Haywood County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.5%
20 or more units	0.6%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Granville County	Haywood County
Poverty rate	14.1%	11.3%
Average household size	2.56	2.31
Mean commute (minutes)	31	23
Median year structure built	1990	1983