Granite Falls is a very small town located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 4,914 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 (12.48%), teaching (11.57%), and management occupations (10.33%). A relatively large number of people in Granite Falls telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.03% 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. Granite Falls is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.The overall education level of Granite Falls is somewhat higher than in the average US city of 21.84%: 27.16% of adults 25 and older in the town have at least a bachelor's degree. The per capita income in Granite Falls in 2022 was $33,512, 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 $134,048 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 Black or African-American. 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 13.25% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Granite Falls include German, English, Irish, Scots-Irish, and Italian. The most common language spoken in Granite Falls is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
