One thing that you will notice about High Point is that there is a good-sized population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. Many singles consider High Point a good place to live without being in a really big city, with opportunities for friendships and fun with others like themselves.
In terms of college education, High Point is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 21.84% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 33.36% of adults in High Point have a college degree.
The per capita income in High Point in 2018 was $29,948, which is upper middle income relative to North Carolina, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $119,792 for a family of four. However, High Point contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
High Point is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call High Point home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of High Point residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. High Point also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 10.05% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in High Point include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European.
The most common language spoken in High Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Urdu.
