Highlands, North Carolina Neighborhood Info

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Highlands, North Carolina QuickFacts

	Highlands, North Carolina	United States
Total population	909	281,421,906
State	North Carolina
City	highlands

Highlands, North Carolina Population

	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
Male	434	47.74%	49.06%
Female	475	52.26%	50.94%
Median age (years)	50.9		35.3

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	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
18 years and over	760	83.61%	74.31%
21 years and over	736	80.97%	69.97%
62 years and over	264	29.04%	14.66%
65 years and over	226	24.86%	12.43%

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	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
White	895	98.46%	75.14%
Black or African American	0	0.0%	12.32%
Asian	1	0.11%	3.64%
Some other race	8	0.88%	5.46%
Two or more races	5	0.55%	2.43%

Highlands, North Carolina Housing

	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
Total households	445		105,480,101
Family households (families)	253	56.85%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	192	43.15%	31.94%

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	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
Total housing units	1,674		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	1,268	75.75%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	445	26.58%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	332	19.83%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	113	6.75%	30.77%

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	Highlands, North Carolina	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	0	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	17	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	41	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	61	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	82	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	42	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	24	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	8	0.57%
Median (dollars)	220,600	119,600

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	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	67	15.06%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	100	22.47%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	65	14.61%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	101	22.7%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	63	14.16%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	51	11.46%	9.65%

Highlands, North Carolina Education

	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	159		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	9	5.66%	6.47%
Kindergarten	7	4.4%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	81	50.94%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	33	20.75%	21.38%
College or graduate school	29	18.24%	22.81%

Highlands, North Carolina Economy

	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
Population 16 years and over	777		217,168,077
In labor force	516	66.41%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	516	66.41%	63.39%
- - Employed	504	64.86%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	12	1.54%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	2.3		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	261	33.59%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	424	54.57%	51.66%
In labor force	250	32.18%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	250	32.18%	29.65%
- - Employed	240	30.89%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	29	3.73%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	25		12,787,501

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	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	446		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	53	11.88%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	29	6.5%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	87	19.51%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	62	13.9%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	58	13.0%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	78	17.49%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	20	4.48%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	39	8.74%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	11	2.47%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	9	2.02%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	33,750		41,994

	Highlands, North Carolina	%, Highlands, North Carolina	United States
With earnings	337	43.37%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	49,172		56,604
With Social Security income	174	22.39%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,151		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	8	1.03%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,288		6,320
With public assistance income	6	0.77%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	7,067		3,032
With retirement income	72	9.27%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	14,633		17,376

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