Granite Quarry, North Carolina - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	2,955
Male Share of the Population	50.4%
Female Share of the Population	49.6%
Senior Citizens	10.8%
Employed Population 16+	1,224
Age of the Population	33

Families

% of people married	55.7%
Average household size	3

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	19.1%
Median Earnings25+	$36,917
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$18,750
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$36,429

Wealth

Median Family Income	$62,734
% Above Poverty Level	85.1%
% Below Poverty Level	14.9%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	27 minutes
% Working from Home	1.3%
% Walking and Biking to Work	0%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	16.2%
Median Gross Rent	$693
Median House Value	$163,300

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	16.4%
German	14%
English	7.6%
Irish	5.4%
Italian	2.2%
Scottish	1.7%
Hungarian	1.1%
African	1%
Dutch	0.8%
French Except Basque	0.6%
Welsh	0.5%
Polish	0.4%
Norwegian	0.2%
Ukrainian	0.2%
Swedish	0.2%
Romanian	0.2%
Canadian	0.1%
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Granite Quarry Almanac

Category	Value
County	Rowan County
Standard Zip Codes	28146
P.O. Box Zip Codes	28072
Phone Area Codes	33,67,04,980
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	35.61
Approximate Longitude	-80.44

Granite Quarry Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	SALISBURY
Distance	5.3 miles
Jan Temp	30 to 51 F
Apr Temp	46 to 73 F
Jul Temp	68 to 90 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	42.8 inches

Station	SALISBURY 9 WNW
Distance	11.3 miles
Jan Temp	26 to 48 F
Apr Temp	44 to 70 F
Jul Temp	67 to 88 F
Oct Temp	44 to 71 F
Annual Precip	43.3 inches

Station	LEXINGTON
Distance	19.3 miles
Jan Temp	29 to 50 F
Apr Temp	45 to 73 F
Jul Temp	67 to 89 F
Oct Temp	47 to 72 F
Annual Precip	45.4 inches

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
East Spencer	1,537	$42,031
Faith	830	$59,444
Landis	3,092	$63,594
Rockwell	1,811	$60,391
Salisbury	33,652	$50,468
Spencer	3,231	$49,728

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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