High Point is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 116,926 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, High Point is the ninth largest community in North Carolina.Unlike some cities where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, High Point is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, High Point is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in High Point who work in sales jobs (10.86%), office and administrative support (10.62%), and management occupations (10.17%). 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. A relatively large number of people in High Point telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 7.98% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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. 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 2022 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.
