Census-designated place · Currituck County, North Carolina

Grandy, North Carolina

Grandy is a census-designated place in Currituck County, North Carolina, part of the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area. It has 2,245 residents. Grandy, North Carolina has a quality-of-life score of 68 out of 100 (high), ranking #4,978 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within North Carolina it ranks #118 of 458 cities and towns. It ranks best on job growth (high), child care cost burden (low) and unemployment rate (low). It ranks worst on pharmacies (low), distance to an emergency room (high) and dentists (low).

68High

Quality-of-life score: #4,978 of 15,651 cities and towns
North Carolina: #118 of 458 in NC
Population: 2,245 (2020-2024)
Land area: 7 mi²
Density: 331.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 3727400

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 71 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety51#7,688/15,637
Economy67#5,166/15,631
Housing50#7,419/14,977
Health59#6,378/15,609
Healthcare5#14,830/15,650
Environment94#931/15,453
Education55#6,977/15,649
Infrastructure61#6,052/15,650
Community94#964/15,651
Leisure & amenities69#4,899/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Grandy, North Carolina ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Currituck County value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Job growth · high5.0%
98/100North Carolina 0.8%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional dataCurrituck County value
Child care cost burden · low18.4%
97/100North Carolina 25.1%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCurrituck County value
Unemployment rate · low0.9%
93/100North Carolina 3.8%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Voter turnout · high77.7%
92/100North Carolina 72.9%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance CommissionCurrituck County value
Property crime rate · low447 /100k
92/100North Carolina 1,780 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of InvestigationCurrituck County value
Primary care shortage · low0.0
90/100North Carolina 9.9United States 6.2Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationCurrituck County value

Weaknesses

Pharmacies · low0.3 /10k
2/100North Carolina 1.6 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCurrituck County value
Distance to an emergency room · high18.6 mi
4/100North Carolina 7.9 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCurrituck County value
Dentists · low19 /100k
4/100North Carolina 62 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCurrituck County value
Primary care physicians · low23 /100k
6/100North Carolina 71 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCurrituck County value
Average weekly wage · low$920
7/100North Carolina $1,376United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCurrituck County value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · high20.1%
10/100North Carolina 10.2%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

PopulationFalling
2,939 (2016-2020) → 2,245 (2020-2024)
−24%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
12.4% (2016-2020) → 49.7% (2020-2024)
+37 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Child poverty rateImproving
12.3% (2016-2020) → 1.2% (2020-2024)
−11 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
3.5× (2016-2020) → 4.9× (2020-2024)
+39%4 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
17.5% (2016-2020) → 24.9% (2020-2024)
+7.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
33.9 min (2016-2020) → 24.4 min (2020-2024)
−28%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Grandy, North Carolina over five years.

Cities and towns like Grandy, North Carolina five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Grandy, North Carolina in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Grandy, North Carolina five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,245 residents (±427)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,245 residents (±427)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

White89%2,004
Black4.0%†90
Hispanic or Latino3.8%†86
Asian0.0%†1
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races2.9%†64

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

1,824 residents (±327)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

No high school diploma13%†241
High school or GED31%564
Some college23%415
Associate degree11%†192
Bachelor's degree17%†308
Graduate degree5.7%†104

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

1,097 households (±192)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $25k12%†134
$25k–50k27%†291
$50k–75k16%†175
$75k–100k24%†261
$100k–150k13%†146
$150k–200k3.9%†43
$200k or more4.3%†47

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

1,097 households (±192)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Own73%800
Rent27%†297

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

177 households (±91)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $75015%†26
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50077%†136

Home values

800 homes (±155)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under $150k12%†92
$150k–250k19%†153
$250k–400k58%†466

Age of homes

1,232 homes (±221)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

2010 or later10%†126
2000–200928%†347
1980–199940%†498

Size of homes

1,232 homes (±221)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†136
2 bedrooms15%†190

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,216 workers (±276)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Drive alone82%993
Carpool5.5%†67
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.3%†16
Bike0.0%0
Work from home12%†140
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,076 workers (±243)

Grandy, North Carolina
North Carolina share

Under 15 min32%†344
15–29 min27%†288
30–44 min28%†299

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Currituck County, the county holding most of Grandy's residents.

Currituck County has 766 employer establishments, 242 for every 10,000 residents (0.98× the US rate of 248; 1.02× North Carolina's), with 5,317 paid employees at an average annual pay of $44,014. The Census Bureau also counts 2,778 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 766; 2,778 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 242; US 248 · North Carolina 237
Paid employees: 5,317
Average annual pay: $44,014; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Currituck County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Restaurants and other eating places	81	25.6	1.40×More than typical	766	$31,433	4
Specialty trade contractors	78	24.7	1.59×More than typical	351	$47,658	326
Construction of buildings	56	17.7	2.34×More than typical	182	$57,346	167
Services to buildings and dwellings	53	16.8	2.49×More than typical	246	$45,699	297
Lessors of real estate	45	14.2	1.16×About typical	452	$47,230	363
Full-service restaurants	40	12.7	1.65×More than typical	374	$35,075	—
Building equipment contractors	39	12.3	2.05×More than typical	196	$48,077	66
Limited-service restaurants	25	7.9	0.99×About typical	347	$24,403	—
Plumbing, heating and air-conditioning contractors	25	7.9	2.39×More than typical	127	$52,283	36
Landscaping services	24	7.6	2.17×More than typical	121	$45,190	84
Real estate agents and brokers	24	7.6	1.56×More than typical	94	$46,702	134
Automotive repair and maintenance	22	7	1.38×More than typical	91	$47,560	52

Rank places for an industry Open Currituck County

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 31,614 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Grandy is mostly in Currituck County.

See federal money in Currituck County

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Grandy, North Carolina is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Donald G. DavisD-NC-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 70%Missed 1.8%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Currituck County79100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC69

Other cities and towns in Currituck County

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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