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.Unlike some towns 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 town of professionals, sales and office workers, and production and manufacturing workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Granite Falls who work in office and administrative support (14.79%), healthcare (9.47%), and teaching (8.88%). Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 9.20% 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. Being a small town, Granite Falls does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.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 2022 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.
