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Population (year 2000): 4,612. Estimated
population in July 2005: 4,573 (-0.8% change)
Males: 2,177 (47.2%), Females: 2,435 (52.8%)
Caldwell County
Zip code:
28630
Median resident age: 35.5 years
Median household income: $38,596 (year 2000)
Median house value: $94,500 (year 2000)
Races in Granite Falls:
- White Non-Hispanic (90.5%)
- Hispanic (6.1%)
- Other race (3.9%)
- Black (2.3%)
- Two or more races (1.0%)
- American Indian (0.6%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics
could be counted in other races)
Ancestries: United States (26.0%), German
(8.7%), Irish (7.2%), English (4.6%), Scotch-Irish (2.8%), Dutch
(1.6%).
Elevation: 1200 feet
Land area: 4.3 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Granite Falls
- High school or higher: 67.5%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 4.2%
- Unemployed: 1.1%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.2 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Granite Falls town
- Never married: 15.8%
- Now married: 61.5%
- Separated: 3.1%
- Widowed: 10.4%
- Divorced: 9.2%
5.0% Foreign born (4.1% Latin America, 0.9%
Europe).
Population change in the 1990s: +952 (+26.0%).
Hospitals/medical centers near Granite Falls:
- FRYE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (about 8 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- CATAWBA VALLEY MEDICAL CENTER (about 9 miles;
HICKORY, NC)
- VALDESE GENERAL HOSPITAL INC (about 11 miles;
VALDESE, NC)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Granite Falls:
- HICKORY REGIONAL (about 6 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID:
HKY)
- CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTL (about 54 miles; CHARLOTTE,
NC; ID: CLT)
- ASHEVILLE REGIONAL (about 81 miles; ASHEVILLE, NC;
ID: AVL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Granite Falls:
- MORGANTON-LENOIR (about 12 miles; MORGANTON, NC; ID:
MRN)
- WILSON'S (about 12 miles; HICKORY, NC; ID: E40)
- GRACE HOSPITAL EMERGENCY MEDICAL (about 17 miles;
MORGANTON, NC; ID: NC1)
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Granite Falls:
- CATAWBA VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 9 miles;
HICKORY, NC; Full-time enrollment: 2,052)
- APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY (about 35 miles; BOONE,
NC; FT enrollment: 12,245)
- GASTON COLLEGE (about 37 miles; DALLAS, NC; FT
enrollment: 2,473)
- GARDNER-WEBB UNIVERSITY (about 41 miles; BOILING
SPRINGS, NC; FT enrollment: 2,563)
- CENTRAL PIEDMONT COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 58 miles;
CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 7,967)
- WINTHROP UNIVERSITY (about 59 miles; ROCK HILL, SC;
FT enrollment: 4,976)
- UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE (about 60
miles; CHARLOTTE, NC; FT enrollment: 13,706)
Private high school in Granite Falls:
- COVENANT FELLOWSHIP SCHOOL (Students: 95;
Location: 6062 PETRA MILL ROAD; Grades: PK - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Granite Falls:
- GRANITE FALLS ELEMENTARY (Students: 727;
Location: 60 N HIGHLAND AVENUE; Grades: KG - 05)
- GRANITE FALLS MIDDLE (Students: 708;
Location: 90 N MAIN STREET; Grades: 06 - 08)
- DUDLEY SHOALS ELEMENTARY (Students: 549;
Location: 1500 DUDLEY SHOALS ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- BATON ELEMENTARY (Students: 533; Location:
1400 BATON SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: KG - 05)
- SAWMILLS ELEMENTARY (Students: 401; Location:
4436 SAWMILLS SCHOOL ROAD; Grades: PK - 05)
- CALDWELL CO GATEWAY SCH (Students: 86;
Location: 1889 DUDLEY SHOALS ROAD; Grades: 06 - 12)
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