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High Point, NC

116,205 Population
57.3 square miles 2,027.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

35.4 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 39 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 39.4 ±0.2

Economics

$31,993 ±$2,707 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $35,942 ±$1,136
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $40,414 ±$304
$57,436 ±$8,496 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $63,280 ±$2,430
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $70,804 ±$547

17.5% ±4.5% (18,707  ±4,828) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 15.1% 114,802 (±1.5% / ±11,432)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.8% 1,349,302 (±0.4% / ±38,975)

21.3 minutes ±0.8 (1,016,420  ±53,136) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 23.4 7,682,875 (±0.4 / ±162,881)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in North Carolina: 25.1 107,209,850 (±0.1 / ±477,738)

Families

45,442 ±2,846 Number of households
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 321,824 ±3,001
  • North Carolina: 4,392,669 ±15,675
2.4 ±0.2 (107,346  ±3,027) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 2.4 760,608 (±0 / ±1,595)
  • about the same as the figure in North Carolina: 2.4 10,553,524

4.5% ±2.3% (1,320  ±694) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 5.1% † 9,736 (±0.9% / ±1,727)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 5.1% 131,195 (±0.3% / ±6,584)

Housing

49,353 ±2,920 Number of housing units
  • the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 347,717 ±684
  • North Carolina: 4,979,177 ±649

$252,700 ±$16,479 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: $244,000 ±$5,928
  • about 80 percent of the amount in North Carolina: $308,600 ±$2,699

17.6% ±4% (20,172  ±4,605.8) Moved since previous year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 14% † 109,228 (±1.4% / ±10,877.7)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in North Carolina: 12.9% 1,383,380 (±0.3% / ±36,128.5)

Social

87% ±4.2% (65,082  ±4,747.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 89.4% 476,718 (±2.2% / ±11,957.7)
  • a little less than the rate in North Carolina: 90.6% 6,781,696 (±0.6% / ±42,618.6)
31.5% ±2.9% (23,581  ±2,550.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 32.1% 171,442 (±1.4% / ±7,295.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 36.8% 2,754,921 (±0.3% / ±25,659.9)

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

17.1% ±3.5% (19,919  ±4,061) Foreign-born population
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 9.6% 75,917
  • nearly double the rate in North Carolina: 9.2% 995,127

5.8% ±1.6% (5,301  ±1,467) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Greensboro-High Point, NC Metro Area: 6.2% 38,556 (±0.5% / ±3,195)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in North Carolina: 7.3% 615,440 (±0.1% / ±12,013)
5,301 Total veterans ±1,467 4,472 Male ±1,200 829 Female ±620

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