Granite Falls is a very small city located in the state of Washington. With a population of 4,829 people and three associated neighborhoods, Granite Falls is the 141st largest community in Washington. Housing costs in Granite Falls are among some of the highest in the nation, although real estate prices here don't compare to real estate prices in the most expensive communities in Washington.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Granite Falls is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Granite Falls is a city of professionals, construction workers and builders, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Granite Falls who work in teaching (10.67%), management occupations (10.63%), and sales jobs (10.50%). Of important note, Granite Falls is also a city of artists. Granite Falls has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Granite Falls’s character. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.57% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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. In Granite Falls, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 35.34 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average. Being a small city, Granite Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The education level of Granite Falls citizens is a little higher than the average for US cities and towns: 22.90% of adults in Granite Falls have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Granite Falls in 2022 was $40,101, which is middle income relative to Washington, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,404 for a family of four. Granite Falls is a very ethnically-diverse city. 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. Important ancestries of people in Granite Falls include German, English, Irish, Norwegian, and Scottish. The most common language spoken in Granite Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Tagalog.
