About Granville

Granville is a very small village located in the state of Ohio. With a population of 2,917 people and just one neighborhood, Granville is the 448th largest community in Ohio.

Granville is a decidedly white-collar village, with fully 96.82% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Granville is a village of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Granville who work in management occupations (21.84%), teaching (15.03%), and sales jobs (11.92%).

Of important note, Granville is also a village of artists. Granville has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Granville's character.

Also of interest is that Granville has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Granville is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Because of many things, Granville is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Granville really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Granville perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

Being a small village, Granville does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Granville Information and Demographics

Do you have a 4-year college degree or graduate degree? If so, you may feel right at home in Granville. 68.65% of adults here have a 4-year degree or graduate degree, whereas the national average for all cities and towns is just 14.96%.

The per capita income in Granville in 2000 was $39,221, which is wealthy relative to Ohio and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $156,884 for a family of four.

The people who call Granville home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Granville is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Granville include English, German, Irish, Polish, Welsh, Scottish, Italian, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Granville is English.