One downside of living in Grifton, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 30.59 minutes every day commuting to work.
Being a small town, Grifton does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.
The citizens of Grifton have a very low rate of college education: just 8.38% of people over 25 have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree, compared to a national average of 21.84% for all cities.
The per capita income in Grifton in 2022 was $24,557, which is lower middle income relative to North Carolina and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $98,228 for a family of four. However, Grifton contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Grifton is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Grifton home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Grifton residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Grifton also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.81% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Grifton include German, Irish, English, Italian, and Scots-Irish.
The most common language spoken in Grifton is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.
