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 great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making North High Shoals a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, North High Shoals has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, North High Shoals's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

North High Shoals is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of North High Shoals isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 100% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

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 citizens of North High Shoals are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.