City safety & data profile

GrahamNC

Graham, NC is a 15K-resident city in Alamance County with a median household income of $56,239.

Alamance County, North Carolina. Federal health, economic, and safety indicators for Graham, drawn from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey, CDC PLACES, and CMS Hospital Compare. Graham has a population larger than 26% of the 4,640 U.S. cities Areazine tracks, and a median home value of $233,800.

Data updated 2026-09-04

15K
Population (place)
Bottom 27%
By size
$56,239
Median income (place)
$233,800
Median home (place)
16.8%
Poverty rate (place)
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The read on Graham

Graham posts a median household income higher than 17% of U.S. cities Areazine tracks.

Bottom 18%
by median income, US cities

Where Graham income ranks nationally

Median household income vs. every place Areazine profiles (place-level ACS)

$56,239 Bottom 17% higher than 17% of 3,889 places Areazine profiles

Graham $0 $260,000 every profiled place, bucketed by value

Each bar is a $20K-wide band; taller bars hold more places Areazine profiles. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) · 2024 ACS 5-year

Largest cities in NC

Population among 87 NC places with 10,000+ residents and ACS income on Areazine. Tooltip shows the income rank in the same pool.

residents

What this shows Charlotte is the largest NC city on this list; Weddington leads median income.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

Highest median incomes in NC

Median household income among the same 87-city pool. Tooltip shows the population rank.

median

What this shows Weddington posts the highest place-level median income in NC; Charlotte is largest by headcount.

Source U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (place-level) As of 2024 ACS 5-year

The quick read

Reading Graham, NC beyond the headline numbers

Graham sits inside Alamance County, North Carolina, at roughly 36.07°N, -79.40°W. Population 14,647, $56,239 median household income. Median home value $233,800, median rent $1,071. Poverty rate 16.8%, read against that income figure since two cities on the same median can differ underneath it.

16.8% of Graham, NC residents live below the poverty line, placing it in the hardest-hit quarter of reporting cities. Read every median on this page against that: half the households are above it, and a large minority are far below.

A median home in Graham runs about 4.2 times median household income, above the midpoint. Multiples in this range usually mean buyers are arriving from outside the local wage base.

Remote work covers 10.3% of Graham workers, under the midpoint for reporting cities.

Among the CDC measures on this page, binge drinking departs furthest from its peer median: 13.7% in Graham, the lowest-prevalence quarter of the 3,759 cities reporting that measure.

Public transit carries 0% of Graham workers, a smaller share than at least three quarters of reporting cities.

Sources: U.S. Census ACS, CDC PLACES, CMS Hospital Compare, plus live alerts for Graham from FEMA, NOAA, FDA, and CPSC. Economic comparison bars use the unweighted average across tracked Census places with a reported value, not a household-weighted national median.

Population (place)
14,647
Graham · Census Place
Median Income (place)
$56,239
-37% vs avg
Median Home Value (place)
$233,800
-43% vs avg
Median Age (place)
37.8
years · ACS place

10-Year Trends 2013–2024

County-level trend (Alamance County): Graham's own historical series isn't separately published by the Census Bureau, so these year-over-year figures track the surrounding county, not the city alone.

20132024
Population
177K+16%
Median Income
$65,651+53%
Median Home Value
$241,500+76%
Poverty Rate
13.4%-27%
Unemployment
5.1%-49%

Economics

Economics indicators for Graham, NC
IndicatorValue
Median Rent
$1,071/mo
Poverty Rate
16.8% +35% vs avg
Unemployment 6.8%
Bachelor's Degree+ 24.7%
Work From Home 10.3%
Public Transit 0%

Population

White 56%
African American 22%
Asian 0.7%
Two or More Ethnicities 3.1%

Health Profile 15 measures

Health Indicators

Obesity
39.9%
High Blood Pressure
37.1%
Short Sleep Duration
36.3%
Physical Inactivity
26.1%
Frequent Mental Distress
17.6%
Current Smoking
14.8%
Frequent Physical Distress
13.8%
Binge Drinking
13.7%
Lack of Health Insurance
13.6%
Diabetes
12.8%

Preventive Care

Dental Visit 59.7%
Annual Checkup 80%

Other Measures

Current Asthma
11.2%
Coronary Heart Disease
6.6%
Stroke
3.9%

What alerts and safety updates affect Graham?

No area-tagged alerts are on record for Graham right now. New federal and counterpart-agency notices still land in the site feed as agencies publish them.

City alert dispatch desk

Sheet NC-GRAHAM-NC · Graham

Graham: 5 tagged alerts; lead category NWS weather alert.

  • VOL-LIGHT 5 on record
  • WX-LED 100% weather
  • DESK-MIX NOAA
  • PHOTO-FINISH ≈ Chicago

Tagged alert mix: Graham

Published notices carrying this city slug or location tag

Value

What this shows 5 tagged notices on record for Graham.

Source Areazine publication corpus As of Live tagged feed

Nearest tagged-volume peer: Chicago, IL (5 tagged · Δ0)

Counts reflect published articles tagged to Graham; untagged NOAA county warnings may still appear in the site feed. Browse North Carolina state hubs · Methodology

Cities with a similar tagged alert volume 4

Nearest published-notice counts on Areazine (5 tagged here), a feed-density peer set, not an ACS demographic match.

Chicago, IL 5 alerts Philadelphia, PA 5 alerts Indianapolis, IN 5 alerts Atlanta, GA 5 alerts

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Frequently Asked Questions 5

What is the population of Graham, NC? ▼
Graham, NC has a population of 14,647 people, located in Alamance County, North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Graham? ▼
The median household income in Graham, NC is $56,239 per year, per the U.S. Census ACS. The poverty rate is 16.8%.
What is the median home value in Graham? ▼
The median home value in Graham, NC is $233,800. Median rent is $1,071/month.
What are the top health concerns in Graham? ▼
The top health indicators in Graham include Obesity (39.9%), High Blood Pressure (37.1%), Short Sleep Duration (36.3%). Data from CDC PLACES.
What is the median age in Graham? ▼
The median age in Graham, NC is 37.8 years. 24.7% of residents have a bachelor's degree or higher.

Nationwide cities with similar poverty or income 8

Two ACS-derived peer sets for Graham, both outside North Carolina so the neighborhoods are not the geographic nearby list below.

Similar poverty rate

Nearest place-level ACS poverty rates outside NC (16.8% here).

Chicago, IL 16.8% Norman, OK 16.8% Springfield, IL 16.8% Duluth, MN 16.8%

Similar median income

Nearest place-level ACS median household incomes outside NC ($56,239 here).

El Reno, OK $56,219 Centralia, WA $56,219 North Fort Myers, FL $56,261 Tiffin, OH $56,198

Compare Graham with another city

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Nearby Cities 8

Burlington, NC 52K Elon, NC 10K Mebane, NC 14K Carrboro, NC 21K Chapel Hill, NC 60K Reidsville, NC 14K Greensboro, NC 285K Durham, NC 258K
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Using Graham's profile

Use this as a starting research checklist, not a verdict on whether to live here.

  • Check live recalls, weather and hazard alerts scoped to the Graham area before relying on national headlines. Check your area
  • Read the poverty rate alongside the income figure, two places with the same median can have very different realities.
  • Compare Graham against North Carolina peers on any ranking lens. Explore North Carolina

Population and economics (income, home value, poverty, education) are place-level U.S. Census ACS; health is CDC PLACES; hospital counts reflect facilities in and around the city. County-level trends are labeled when shown.

Data Sources

All data on this page comes from official U.S. government sources. Population and economic data from the Census Bureau American Community Survey (2024 5-year estimates, place geography). Health data from the CDC PLACES program (2023). Hospital ratings from CMS Hospital Compare (2024). Climate data from NOAA. Education data from NCES. Cost of living from Bureau of Economic Analysis. Crime statistics, where referenced on Areazine, originate from the FBI Crime Data Explorer. Housing market figures referenced on Areazine come from HUD Fair Market Rents. Census economics and population are at place geography; some health and hospital indicators are reported at the county level (Alamance County) where that is the smallest published unit.

Every figure on Areazine is published directly from official U.S. government sources, no number is typed in by an editor. City demographic and health figures are compiled directly from U.S. Census (place-level ACS), CDC, and CMS releases, updated quarterly within 30 days of upstream release. County-level trends are labeled when shown. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026.