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Granite Falls, NC
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Living in Granite Falls



Granite Falls is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,926 people and five associated neighborhoods, Granite Falls is the 160th largest community in North Carolina.

A relatively large number of people in Granite Falls telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.20% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

As is often the case in a small town, Granite Falls doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

The percentage of people in Granite Falls who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.98% of adults in Granite Falls have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Granite Falls in 2018 was $32,835, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $131,340 for a family of four. However, Granite Falls contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Granite Falls is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Granite Falls home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Granite Falls residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Granite Falls also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.59% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Granite Falls include German, Irish, English, Scots-Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Granite Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.


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