High Point is a relatively large city located in the state of North Carolina. With a population of 118,601 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, High Point is the ninth largest community in North Carolina.High Point is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, High Point is a city of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in High Point who work in office and administrative support (10.78%), sales jobs (9.91%), and management occupations (9.88%). Also of interest is that High Point has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.32% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. The education level of High Point citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 34.02% of adults in High Point have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree. The per capita income in High Point in 2022 was $35,661, 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 $142,644 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 12.91% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in High Point include English, German, Irish, Italian, and European. In addition, High Point has a lot of people living here who were born outside of the US (15.53%). The most common language spoken in High Point is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
