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Highlands township, Macon County, NC

3,659 Population
57.1 square miles 64 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 49.7 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$68,133 ±$12,093 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Macon County: $38,705 ±$2,546
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in North Carolina: $41,385 ±$211
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$69,656 ±$3,965 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $59,061 † ±$6,098
  • a little less than the amount in North Carolina: $72,388 ±$324
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

8.8% ±5.1% (306  ±180) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Macon County: 11.6% † 4,352 (±2.4% / ±912)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 13% 1,360,882 (±0.2% / ±18,953)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

15.4 minutes ±3.6 (19,775  ±7,141) Mean travel time to work
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Macon County: 22.6 333,455 (±1.5 / ±29,304)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 106,702,896 (±0.1 / ±575,071)
  • about three-fifths of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,010 ±273 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,406 ±675
  • North Carolina: 4,282,345 ±9,120
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
1.8 ±0.2 (3,564  ±567) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2 37,609 (±0.1 / ±12)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,451,237
  • about two-thirds of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

0.7% ±1.3% (3  ±6) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Macon County: 2.5% † 178 (±1.6% / ±113)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in North Carolina: 5.2% 130,601 (±0.1% / ±3,057)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,337 ±299 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,216 ±42
  • North Carolina: 4,895,668 ±642
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$659,500 ±$74,855 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Macon County: $251,900 ±$16,620
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $288,900 ±$1,086
  • about double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

22% ±8.7% (804  ±342) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 13.6% † 5,145 (±2.6% / ±963.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.7% 1,350,945 (±0.1% / ±15,045.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

90.4% ±17.1% (2,849  ±363.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 89.8% 25,809 (±4.5% / ±1,319.3)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 90.2% 6,653,293 (±0.3% / ±22,263.8)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
49.7% ±9.8% (1,566  ±218.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 27.9% 8,020 (±2.6% / ±753.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 35.7% 2,631,218 (±0.2% / ±13,757.8)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

6% ±3.1% (218  ±119) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Macon County: 5.9% 2,233
  • about two-thirds of the rate in North Carolina: 9.1% 973,325
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.6% ±1.9% (250  ±70) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 9.4% † 2,916 (±1.3% / ±392)
  • about the same as the rate in North Carolina: 7.4% 615,509 (±0.1% / ±5,658)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
250 Total veterans ±70 244 Male ±68 6 Female ±6

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