Highlands, NC (North Carolina) Houses and Residents
| Highlands: | $767,260 |
| North Carolina: | $280,600 |
Mean price in 2022:
Detached houses: $1,073,676
Here: $1,073,676 State: $375,326 Townhouses or other attached units: $2,369,764
Here: $2,369,764 State: $317,935 In 3-to-4-unit structures: $562,939
Here: $562,939 State: $254,939 In 5-or-more-unit structures: $611,184
Here: $611,184 State: $329,290
Total population: 926 (Urban population: 0, Rural population: 901 (all nonfarm))
Houses: 2,567 (731 occupied: 430 owner occupied, 312 renter occupied)
| % of renters here: | 42% |
| State: | 33% |
Housing density: 424 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022: $1,734,090.
Median contract rent in 2022: $786 (lower quartile is $448, upper quartile is $972)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $975
Median gross rent in Highlands, NC in 2022: $927
Housing units in Highlands with a mortgage: 224 (30 second mortgage, 0 home equity loan, 20 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 0
Median household income for houses/condos with a mortgage: $83,257
Median household income for apartments without a mortgage: $71,408
Median monthly housing costs: $1,083
Compare current foreclosures near Highlands, NC:
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Bearwallow Rd
Sapphire, NC 28774
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Mitten Ln
Franklin, NC 28734
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Lockerbie Ct Unit 201
Clayton, GA 30525
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Murphy Rd # 25
Franklin, NC 28734
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Maclor Forest Heights Rd
Franklin, NC 28734
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Redbird Ln
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
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Megee Rd
Salem, SC 29676
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Smokehouse Knob Dr
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
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Cox Lake Dr
Clayton, GA 30525
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W Butternut Ln
Sapphire, NC 28774
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Harrison Ave Apt 101a
Franklin, NC 28734
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Creek Road
Sapphire, NC 28774
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Yorkhouse Rd
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
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Ray Wilburn Ln
Rabun Gap, GA 30568
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Deer Meadow Rd
Franklin, NC 28734
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Hiland Ter
Franklin, NC 28734
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Second St
Franklin, NC 28734
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Wells Grove Rd
Franklin, NC 28734
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Valley View Dr
Franklin, NC 28734
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Serenity Ln
Otto, NC 28763
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Oconee Station Rd
Walhalla, SC 29691
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Median year apartment built: 1979
Household type by relationship:
Households: 1,164- Male householders: 332 (204 living alone), Female householders: 392 (198 living alone)
256 spouses (256 opposite-sex spouses), 34 unmarried partners, (20 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 86 children (81 natural, 5 adopted, 0 stepchildren), 12 grandchildren, 0 brothers or sisters, 0 parents, 0 foster children, 1 other relatives, 17 non-relatives
- In group quarters: 31
Size of family households: 204 2-persons, 49 3-persons, 22 4-persons, 2 5-persons.
Size of nonfamily households: 409 1-person, 52 2-persons, 2 3-persons.
59 married couples with children.
20 single-parent households (0 men, 20 women).
94.3% of residents of Highlands speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (48% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 30% speak English not well, 9% don't speak English at all).
2.0% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
Foreign born population: 96 (8.2%)
(61.5% of them are naturalized citizens)
Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
| Here: | 5.2 |
| State: | 6.4 |
Median number of rooms in apartments
| Here: | 4.2 |
| State: | 4.4 |
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Highlands, North Carolina
- 0no bedroom
- 201 bedroom
- 1422 bedrooms
- 2003 bedrooms
- 514 bedrooms
- 175+ bedrooms
- Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Highlands, North Carolina
- 18no bedroom
- 431 bedroom
- 1282 bedrooms
- 323 bedrooms
- 914 bedrooms
- 05+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Cars and other vehicles available in Highlands in owner-occupied houses/condos
- 21no vehicle
- 1751 vehicle
- 1682 vehicles
- 633 vehicles
- 04 vehicles
- 45+ vehicles
- Cars and other vehicles available in Highlands in renter-occupied apartments
- 37no vehicle
- 1781 vehicle
- 622 vehicles
- 323 vehicles
- 34 vehicles
- 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied
Renter-occupied
- Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Highlands, North Carolina
- 01 room
- 72 rooms
- 353 rooms
- 684 rooms
- 1585 rooms
- 396 rooms
- 517 rooms
- 348 rooms
- 399+ rooms
- Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Highlands, North Carolina
- 181 room
- 252 rooms
- 423 rooms
- 964 rooms
- 105 rooms
- 576 rooms
- 397 rooms
- 198 rooms
- 69+ rooms
Highlands, NC household income distribution
- 23Less than $10,000
- 124$10,000 to $19,999
- 91$20,000 to $29,999
- 41$30,000 to $39,999
- 55$40,000 to $49,999
- 44$50,000 to $59,999
- 98$60,000 to $74,999
- 72$75,000 to $99,999
- 46$100,000 to $124,999
- 45$125,000 to $149,999
- 34$150,000 to $199,999
- 60$200,000 or more
Home value of owner - occupied houses in 2022 in Highlands, NC
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- 8$50,000 to $59,999
- 1$150,000 to $174,999
- 2$175,000 to $199,999
- 9$200,000 to $249,999
- 31$250,000 to $299,999
- 37$300,000 to $399,999
- 79$400,000 to $499,999
- 153$500,000 to $749,999
- 133$750,000 to $999,999
- 64$1,000,000 to $1,499,999
- 27$1,500,000 to $1,999,999
- 12$2,000,000 or more
Rent paid by renters in 2022 in Highlands, NC
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- 42$300 to $349
- 29$400 to $449
- 6$450 to $499
- 15$600 to $649
- 24$700 to $749
- 19$750 to $799
- 29$800 to $899
- 4$900 to $999
- 40$1,000 to $1,249
- 12$1,500 to $1,999
- 81No cash rent
Percentage of workers working in this county: 94.1%
Number of people working at home: 118 (23.0% of all workers)
Travel time to work (commute)
- Less than 5 minutes: 87
- 5 to 9 minutes: 189
- 10 to 14 minutes: 44
- 15 to 19 minutes: 4
- 20 to 24 minutes: 21
- 25 to 29 minutes: 11
- 30 to 34 minutes: 30
- 35 to 39 minutes: 0
- 40 to 44 minutes: 0
- 45 to 59 minutes: 1
- 60 to 89 minutes: 0
- 90 or more minutes: 9
Means of transportation to work:
- Drove a car alone: 1,603 (75.3%)
- Carpooled: 158 (7.4%)
- Taxi: 13 (0.6%)
- Walked: 175 (8.2%)
- Worked at home: 118 (5.5%)
- Unemployment by race in 2022
- Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic residents
- 1.5%Males
- 5.0%Females
- Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Highlands, North Carolina
- 132010 or later
- 172000 to 2009
- 251990 to 1999
- 51980 to 1989
- 51970 to 1979
- 5Before 1970
First ancestries reported:
- American: 119 (19.4%)
- Irish: 81 (13.2%)
- English: 73 (11.9%)
- Scotch-Irish: 61 (9.9%)
- German: 40 (6.5%)
- Scottish: 35 (5.7%)
- Swiss: 10 (1.6%)
- Swedish: 9 (1.5%)
- Italian: 7 (1.1%)
- Lithuanian: 7 (1.1%)
- Norwegian: 6 (1.0%)
- Polish: 6 (1.0%)
- British: 2 (0.3%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Mexico
| Highlands: | 29.2% (28) |
| North Carolina: | 24.7% (214,776) |
Sweden
| Highlands: | 14.6% (14) |
| North Carolina: | 0.2% (1,544) |
England
| Highlands: | 10.4% (10) |
| North Carolina: | 1.2% (10,140) |
United Kingdom, excluding England and Scotland
| Highlands: | 8.3% (8) |
| North Carolina: | 1.1% (9,831) |
Canada
| Highlands: | 8.3% (8) |
| North Carolina: | 2.1% (18,105) |
Australia
| Highlands: | 7.3% (7) |
| North Carolina: | 0.2% (1,599) |
Costa Rica
| Highlands: | 5.2% (5) |
| North Carolina: | 0.4% (3,066) |
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
| Highlands: | 4.2% (4) |
| North Carolina: | 3.2% (27,477) |
Scotland
| Highlands: | 3.1% (3) |
| North Carolina: | 0.2% (1,464) |
India
| Highlands: | 3.1% (3) |
| North Carolina: | 9.3% (80,594) |
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
- This state: 237
- Other state: 802
- Northeast: 58
- Midwest: 101
- South: 608
- West: 31
79.9% of Highlands residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 26.0% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 16.3% lived in North Carolina.
| Highlands: | 79.9% |
| State average: | 87.3% |
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 7
- 7th and 8th grade: 4
- 9th grade: 0
- 10th grade: 10
- 11th grade: 4
- 12th grade, no diploma: 0
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 60
- Less than 1 year of college: 29
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 87
- Associate degree: 40
- Bachelor's degree: 133
- Master's degree: 64
- Professional school degree: 22
- Doctorate degree: 35
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
- No schooling: 0
- Nursery to 4th grade: 0
- 5th and 6th grade: 0
- 7th and 8th grade: 0
- 9th grade: 0
- 10th grade: 0
- 11th grade: 7
- 12th grade, no diploma: 3
- High school graduate (or equivalency): 59
- Less than 1 year of college: 12
- Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 52
- Associate degree: 50
- Bachelor's degree: 185
- Master's degree: 105
- Professional school degree: 10
- Doctorate degree: 5
Housing units in structures:
- One, detached: 1,897
- One, attached: 22
- Two: 49
- 3 or 4: 262
- 5 to 9: 182
- 10 to 19: 33
- Mobile homes: 119
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities in 2022: 4.8%
House/condo owner moved in on average 15 years ago
Renter moved in on average 1 years ago
Houses and condos
Apartments
- 58.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 32.6%Electricity
- 4.1%Utility gas
- 2.4%Wood
- 2.2%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
- 65.8%Electricity
- 31.9%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
- 2.3%Wood
Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 5
| Here: | 10.6% |
| North Carolina: | 13.8% |
Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 3
| Here: | 12.0% |
| North Carolina: | 11.9% |
Students in private undergraduate colleges: 36
| Here: | 51.4% |
| North Carolina: | 19.3% |
