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North Carolina · Census place 31490

Hightsville, NC population, income and ZIP codes

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The population of the city of Hightsville, North Carolina (Hightsville, NC — Census place “Hightsville CDP”) is 707 residents, ranking #524 of 777 places in North Carolina. Median household income is $16,289, the median home is worth — and median gross rent runs — a month. Looking for the Hightsville North Carolina ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Hightsville, NC: 28401.

Population
707Hightsville CDP residents
Median household income
$16,289Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value
—Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent
—Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age
41.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate
80.1%Owner-occupied households

Hightsville ZIP codes (North Carolina)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Hightsville.

The Hightsville NC ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

What the numbers mean in Hightsville CDP

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

Poverty affects 35.8% of residents and 80.1% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Hightsville CDP, NC in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Hightsville CDP is a very small community in North Carolina, with 707 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #524 of 777 ranked by population — larger than 32% of them. The median age here is 41.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly older profile than the country as a whole. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.

Households in Hightsville CDP earn a median of $16,289 a year, 79.3% below the national figure of $78,538 and 73% below the $61,228 median for the 459 North Carolina cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 35.8% of residents here, well above the 12.4% national rate, which is the single clearest signal in this dataset that median income here is carried by a narrow band of households.

The typical owner-occupied home in Hightsville CDP is valued at not published, while median gross rent runs not published a month. 80.1% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, an owner-dominated market where rental listings are scarce and rent medians rest on a thin sample. The rent line includes utilities paid by the tenant, a definition worth remembering when comparing it against a landlord's quoted rate.

With 707 residents, a handful of survey responses moves every median on this page. Compare Hightsville CDP against its county rather than against national figures.

The Census withheld home value, gross rent for Hightsville CDP because the sample was too thin to publish at this geography. Those values were suppressed at the source, not lost in our dataset, and we do not model a replacement. Everything else on this page comes straight from the ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year tables.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about this area.

What is the population of Hightsville CDP?
Hightsville CDP has 707 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #524 of 777 in North Carolina.
What is the median household income in Hightsville CDP?
Median household income in Hightsville CDP is $16,289 a year, 79.3% below the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Hightsville CDP?
Median gross rent is not published a month and the median home value is not published.
Is Hightsville CDP affordable compared with the rest of the US?
The Census does not publish enough home-value or income detail for Hightsville CDP to compute a reliable affordability ratio.
How current is this Hightsville CDP data?
All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. At this population the ACS sample is small, so the margin of error around every dollar figure below is wide — treat the numbers as a band, not a point, and expect them to move between annual releases without the place itself changing.