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Cost of living in Granite Falls, North Carolina

Granite Falls, North Carolina has about 4,929 people. Typical rent is $905 a month, including utilities, and a typical household earns $56,917 a year. Both figures are Census 2020–2024 medians, not a listing or your pay. This site does not approve or deny benefits. A missing figure stays blank. We do not guess it.

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Typical rent is $905 a month.

Granite Falls is a town in North Carolina. That rent number includes utilities. A typical household earns $56,917 a year.

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People
4,929
Census average, 2020–2024
Typical rent
$905
Median gross rent, includes utilities
Typical pay
$56,917
Median household income, yearly
Typical home
$202,400
Median home value
2-bedroom fair rent
$1,147
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC MSA

Granite Falls, North Carolina has about 4,929 people. That count is a 2020–2024 Census average, not a headcount from one day.

A typical home is worth about $202,400.

HUD's fair-market rent for a 2-bedroom in Caldwell County is $1,147 a month. That is the county number, not an apartment listing in Granite Falls. It runs from October 2026 through September 2027.

In the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC metro area, prices sit at 88.5 when the U.S. average is 100. That is a 2024 BEA index.

North Carolina taxes wages. A typical combined sales tax is 7.0% as of January 1, 2026. That mix is statewide, not Granite Falls's exact store tax.

In July 2026, a typical North Carolina home paid 15.16¢ per kilowatt-hour. That is a state average from EIA, not Granite Falls's bill.

EIA did not publish a 2025 all-grades gas price for North Carolina in the table we use.

Among 407 places we list in North Carolina with a rent figure, 255 have higher typical rent than Granite Falls.

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Census 2020-2024. HUD rents for October 2026–September 2027. BEA prices for 2024. Taxes as of January 1, 2026. Checked 2026-10-16. 15,000 places are in this guide.