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High Point, NC
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High Point profile


Living in High Point



High Point is a larger medium-sized city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 115,067 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, High Point is the ninth largest community in North Carolina.

Also of interest is that High Point has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.98% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.

One thing noticeable about High Point, although not a huge city, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That’s because High Point is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes High Point a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

The citizens of High Point are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.38% of adults in High Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in High Point in 2018 was $33,222, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $132,888 for a family of four. However, High Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

High Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call High Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of High Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. High Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.69% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in High Point include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.

The most common language spoken in High Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.