Granville County vs Pender County

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

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

Pender County has the higher population (63,475 vs 61,439 in Granville County). Pender County has the higher median household income ($76,838 vs $70,975 in Granville County). Pender County has the higher median home value ($267,100 vs $235,700 in Granville County).

Population, income & housing

	Granville County	Pender County
Population	61,439	63,475
Median age	42.5 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$70,975	$76,838
Median home value	$235,700	$267,100
Median gross rent	$1,008	$1,072
Housing units	24,582	31,007
Homeownership rate	76.6%	81.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	24.0%	29.8%
Unemployment rate	4.4%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Granville County	Pender County
Population	59,328 → 61,439 (+3.6%)	60,399 → 63,475 (+5.1%)
Median household income	$55,856 → $70,975 (+27.1%)	$57,240 → $76,838 (+34.2%)
Median home value	$156,000 → $235,700 (+51.1%)	$198,700 → $267,100 (+34.4%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,008 (+21.3%)	$919 → $1,072 (+16.6%)

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

Pender County

Population

60,39963,475

Median household income

$57,240$76,838

Median home value

$198,700$267,100

Median gross rent

$919$1,072

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Granville County	Pender County
Under 5	5.2%	5.5%
5 to 17	15.4%	17.0%
18 to 24	8.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	12.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	12.3%	13.9%
45 to 54	14.2%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.1%	14.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.4%
75 and over	6.7%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Granville County	Pender County
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	73.9%
Black or African American	29.1%	12.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.2%
Asian	0.6%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	10.7%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Granville County	Pender County
No high school diploma	13.4%	9.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	27.7%
Some college or associate's	31.9%	33.0%
Bachelor's degree	16.9%	19.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Granville County	Pender County
Drove alone	80.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	7.4%	11.3%
Public transit	0.2%	0.3%
Walked	0.3%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.1%
Worked from home	11.2%	11.4%
Other means	0.8%	0.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Granville County	Pender County
1-unit, detached	72.9%	70.2%
1-unit, attached	1.1%	1.4%
2 to 4 units	4.2%	1.2%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	2.1%
20 or more units	0.6%	2.0%
Mobile home & other	17.9%	23.0%

Poverty & households

	Granville County	Pender County
Poverty rate	14.1%	10.7%
Average household size	2.56	2.58
Mean commute (minutes)	31	31
Median year structure built	1990	1997