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Highlands, NC

1,276 Population
6.2 square miles 204.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

58.4 ±6 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Macon County: 50.1 ±0.7
  • about 1.5 times the figure in North Carolina: 39.1 ±0.1

Economics

$48,722 ±$6,943 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Macon County: $35,682 ±$2,674
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in North Carolina: $39,616 ±$200
$63,750 ±$12,807 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Macon County: $53,298 ±$3,676
  • about 90 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $69,904 ±$346

12.8% ±5.7% (161  ±77) Persons below poverty line
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Macon County: 14.4% † 5,337 (±2.7% / ±982)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 13.2% 1,355,827 (±0.2% / ±16,940)

13.8 minutes ±5.8 (5,700  ±3,070) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-fifths of the figure in Macon County: 22.6 338,970 (±1.6 / ±29,095)
  • about half the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

724 ±136 Number of households
  • Macon County: 18,090 ±659
  • North Carolina: 4,186,924 ±10,494
1.7 ±0.5 (1,248  ±233) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Macon County: 2.1 37,201 (±0.1 / ±13)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in North Carolina: 2.5 10,304,978

3.2% ±5.1% (6  ±10) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 3% † 205 (±1.6% / ±112)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 127,227 (±0.1% / ±3,580)

Housing

2,528 ±221 Number of housing units
  • Macon County: 27,070 ±32
  • North Carolina: 4,815,195 ±554

$666,300 ±$74,698 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Macon County: $229,000 ±$9,909
  • more than double the amount in North Carolina: $259,400 ±$931

19.9% ±8.9% (253  ±121.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Macon County: 15% † 5,590 (±2.8% / ±1,053.1)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 13.3% 1,389,313 (±0.1% / ±15,058.1)

Social

95.8% ±24.4% (1,003  ±169.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Macon County: 90% 25,403 (±4.4% / ±1,245.1)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 89.8% 6,517,229 (±0.3% / ±22,133.8)
53% ±4.2% (555  ±114.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than double the rate in Macon County: 24.6% 6,930 (±2.1% / ±605.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in North Carolina: 34.7% 2,521,353 (±0.2% / ±14,597.5)

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

9.6% ±5.1% (122  ±69) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Macon County: 5.7% 2,138
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in North Carolina: 8.7% 923,923

8.1% ±4.7% (91  ±55) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Macon County: 9.8% † 2,994 (±1.2% / ±352)
  • a little higher than the rate in North Carolina: 7.6% 618,846 (±0.1% / ±6,002)
91 Total veterans ±55 88 Male ±55 3 Female ±6

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