North Highlands is a medium-sized town located in the state of California. With a population of 44,079 people and six constituent neighborhoods, North Highlands is the 176th largest community in California.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, North Highlands is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, North Highlands is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and construction workers and builders. There are especially a lot of people living in North Highlands who work in office and administrative support jobs (22.52%), sales jobs (10.81%), and management occupations (5.52%).

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

The town of North Highlands is a decent size, but despite this, it doesn't have a viable public transit system that people can use to get to work.

North Highlands Information and Demographics

The population of North Highlands has a very low overall level of education: only 8.95% of people over 25 hold a 4-year college degree or higher.

The per capita income in North Highlands in 2000 was $14,109, which is lower middle income relative to California and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $56,436 for a family of four.

North Highlands is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call North Highlands home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in North Highlands is White, followed by African-American. North Highlands also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.33% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in North Highlands include German, English, Irish, Ukrainian, Russian, and Italian.

North Highlands also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 17.77%.

The languages spoken by people in North Highlands are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in North Highlands is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Russian, and Other Slavic languages.