About North High Shoals

North High Shoals is a tiny town located in the state of Georgia. With a population of 461 people and just one neighborhood, North High Shoals is the 410th largest community in Georgia.

North High Shoals is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, North High Shoals is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in North High Shoals who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.20%), teaching (13.73%), and healthcare (10.78%).

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

Because of many things, North High Shoals is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, North High Shoals really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is North High Shoals perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

North High Shoals is a very car-oriented town. 100% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because North High Shoals is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. North High Shoals has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

As is often the case in a small town, North High Shoals doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

North High Shoals Information and Demographics

The education level of North High Shoals citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.45% of adults in North High Shoals have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in North High Shoals in 2000 was $17,444, which is upper middle income relative to Georgia, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $69,776 for a family of four.

The people who call North High Shoals home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in North High Shoals is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in North High Shoals include English, European, Scottish, German, Irish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in North High Shoals is English.