Graham is a medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 19,311 people and eight associated neighborhoods, Graham is the 62nd largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Graham is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Graham is a city of service providers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Graham who work in office and administrative support (9.11%), management occupations (9.08%), and food service (7.80%). One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 7.66% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. Being a small city, Graham does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.The citizens of Graham are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.49% of adults in Graham having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree. The per capita income in Graham in 2022 was $30,718, which is middle income relative to North Carolina, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $122,872 for a family of four. However, Graham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Graham is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Graham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Graham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Graham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 19.56% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Graham include English, German, Irish, Scottish, and African. The most common language spoken in Graham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Italian.
