Graham, NC

Census Place

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2024 Population

18,048

US Senator

Thom Tillis

Republican Party

US Senator

Ted Budd

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

37.8

3.85% 1-year increase

2024 Poverty Rate

16.8%

7.3% 1-year decrease

2024 Median Household Income

$56,239

2.66% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$233,800

16.6% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

8,721

4.23% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Graham, NC reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

94% of the residents in Graham, NC are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Graham, NC are Alamance Community College (1,583 degrees awarded in 2024).

In 2024, the median property value in Graham, NC was $233,800, and the homeownership rate was 53.2%.

Most people in Graham, NC drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 25.6 minutes. The average car ownership in Graham, NC was 2 cars per household.

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Population & Diversity

Graham, NC is home to a population of 18k people, from which 94% are citizens. As of 2024, 11% of Graham, NC residents were born outside of the country (1.98k people).

In 2024, there were 2.45 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (9.73k people) in Graham, NC than any other race or ethnicity. There were 3.98k Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) and 1.83k Other (Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

94%

2024 Citizenship

91.9%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 94% of Graham, NC residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Graham, NC was 91.9%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been increasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Graham, NC compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Graham, NC

White (Non-Hispanic)
9.73k ± 814
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
3.98k ± 661
Other (Hispanic)
1.83k ± 786

18.2%

Hispanic Population

3.28k people

18.2% of the people in Graham, NC are hispanic (3.28k people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Graham, NC as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the Place level, so we are showing data for North Carolina.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
228,441 ± 11,609 people
India
90,815 ± 7,367 people
Honduras
52,061 ± 5,588 people

In 2024, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of North Carolina was Mexico, the natal country of 228,441 North Carolina residents, followed by India with 90,815 and Honduras with 52,061.

Foreign-Born Population

11%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

1.98k people

13.6%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

2.38k people

As of 2024, 11% of Graham, NC residents (1.98k people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Graham, NC was 13.6%, meaning that the rate has been decreasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Graham, NC compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
384 ± 152
Gulf War (1990s)
256 ± 110
Gulf War (2001-)
189 ± 88

Graham, NC has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.5 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Graham, NC.

Health

88.2% of the population of Graham, NC has health coverage, with 45.3% on employee plans, 17.4% on Medicaid, 13.1% on Medicare, 10.9% on non-group plans, and 1.47% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in North Carolina see 1,413 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,413 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 1634 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 299 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.7% were men and 52.3% were women.

Coverage

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.8% under 18 years, 22.8% between 18 and 34 years, 37.5% between 35 and 64 years, and 17.9% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 47.7% were men and 52.3% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

11.8%

Uninsured

45.3%

Employer Coverage

17.4%

Medicaid

13.1%

Medicare

10.9%

Non-Group

1.47%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Graham, NC declined by 3.1% from 12.2% to 11.8%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Graham, NC changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Economy

The economy of Graham, NC employs 8.72k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Graham, NC were Health Care & Social Assistance (1,750 people), Manufacturing (1,500 people), and Retail Trade (1,043 people), and the highest paying industries were Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services ($82,596), Educational Services ($59,800), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($59,625).

Employment

Occupations

8.72k

2024 Value

± 852

4.23%

1 Year growth

± 12.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Graham, NC grew at a rate of 4.23%, from 8.37k employees to 8.72k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Graham, NC, are Production Occupations (1,043 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (1,004 people), and Management Occupations (940 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Graham, NC.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in North Carolina (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

8.72k

2024 Value

± 852

4.23%

1 Year growth

± 12.8%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Graham, NC grew at a rate of 4.23%, from 8.37k employees to 8.72k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Graham, NC, are Health Care & Social Assistance (1,750 people), Manufacturing (1,500 people), and Retail Trade (1,043 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Graham, NC, though some of these residents may live in Graham, NC and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$43,718

Median earning men ± $6,465

$42,748

Median earning women ± $3,125

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Professional, Scientific, & Management, & Administrative & Waste Management Services ($83,269), Public Administration ($67,750), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($61,750).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Transportation & Warehousing, & Utilities ($55,456), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($50,631), and Wholesale Trade ($47,604).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

Y-Axis

3.04%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 4.86M people employed in North Carolina. This represents a 3.04% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 10.9%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in North Carolina.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in North Carolina went to Donald J. Trump with 50.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (47.6%), followed by Other (0.675%).

Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing the state of North Carolina. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

North Carolina is currently represented by 14 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Graham, NC. Showing the available data for North Carolina.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (50.9%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (47.6%)
Democratic Party
Other (0.675%)
Other Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in North Carolina went to Donald J. Trump with 50.9% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (47.6%), followed by Other (0.675%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in North Carolina for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from North Carolina

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for North Carolina.

Thom Tillis

Senator from North Carolina

Assumed office on January 3, 2015

Ted Budd

Senator from North Carolina

Assumed office on January 3, 2023

Thom Tillis and Ted Budd are the senators currently representing North Carolina.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in North Carolina over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2024, universities in Graham, NC awarded 1,583 degrees. The student population of Graham, NC in 2024 is skewed towards women, with 1,852 male students and 2,975 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Graham, NC are White (871 and 57.1%), Hispanic or Latino (288 and 18.9%), Black or African American (272 and 17.8%), and Two or More Races (31 and 2.03%).

The largest universities in Graham, NC by number of degrees awarded are Alamance Community College (1,583 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Graham, NC are Liberal Arts & Sciences (335 and 21.2%), Commercial & Advertising Art (183 and 11.6%), and Early Childhood Education & Teaching (80 and 5.05%).

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2024 there were 4,827 students enrolled in Graham, NC, 38.4% men and 61.6% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 2,416 records, of which 58.3% were women and 41.7% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

Liberal Arts & Sciences
330 degrees awarded
Registered Nursing
50 degrees awarded
Other Liberal Arts & Sciences, General Studies, & Humanities
45 degrees awarded

In 2024, the most common concentation for Associates Degree recipients in Graham, NC was Liberal Arts & Sciences with 330 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Associates Degree from schools in Graham, NC according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Alamance Community College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

1,583 degrees awarded

In 2024, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Alamance Community College with 1,583 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2024, 572 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Graham, NC, which is 0.566 times less than the 1,011 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2024, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 871 degrees mean that there were 3.02 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Hispanic or Latino, with 288 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Public, 2-year ($2,432) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2024.

Public, 2-year ($160) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2024.

Public, 2-year ($2,265) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Graham, NC was $233,800 in 2024, which is 0.703 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $200,600 to $233,800, a 16.6% increase. The homeownership rate in Graham, NC is 53.2%, which is lower than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Graham, NC have an average commute time of 25.6 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Graham, NC is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

Housing

Property

$233,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$15,707

$4,305

Median Property Taxes

±$469

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Graham, NC the largest share of households pay taxes in the $800 - $1,499 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Graham, NC compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

53.2%

Homeownership

2024

65.3%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 53.2% of the housing units in Graham, NC were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 52.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Graham, NC compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$56,239

Median Household Income

± $1,962

8.1k

Number of Households

± 721

In 2024, the median household income of the 8.1k households in Graham, NC grew to $56,239 from the previous year's value of $54,783.

The following chart displays the households in Graham, NC distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $50k - $60k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Graham, NC is from North Carolina.

0.466

2024 Wage GINI in North Carolina

0.467

2023 Wage GINI in North Carolina

In 2024, the income inequality in North Carolina was 0.466 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.16% decline from 2023 to 2024, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for North Carolina was lower than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in North Carolina in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in North Carolina across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (80.2%)
Worked At Home (10.3%)
Carpooled (7.11%)

In 2024, 80.2% of workers in Graham, NC drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (10.3%) and those who carpooled to work (7.11%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

25.6 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Graham, NC have a shorter commute time (25.6 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 0.265% of the workforce in Graham, NC have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Graham, NC compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Graham, NC distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Graham, NC have 2 cars.

Poverty

Poverty & Diversity

16.8% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Graham, NC (2.98k out of 17.7k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Males 55 - 64.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Graham, NC is White, followed by Black and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.