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High Point, NC
118,601 people, 2024 · Census GEOID 3731400 · Census profile · mayors: being verified
Overall in 2023, High Point ranked #141 of 340 cities and 7th of 14 in its peer group, on 9 of 9 measures. Weigh the measures yourself · how ranks are made
Its peer group is High Point and the 13 cities most like it in 2005 (size, income, poverty, industry, growth, density, place), fixed since: Denton TX, Charleston SC, Waterbury CT, Killeen TX, Peoria IL, Fayetteville AR, Norman OK, Concord NC, Murfreesboro TN, South Fulton GA, Dearborn MI, Columbia SC, Victorville CA · on the map, and why
| Topline | 2005–2024 | Latest rank | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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| Overall rankamong all cities with a score that year | #141 of 340 cities · 7th of 14 in its peer group · 2023 | #94 | #99 | #179 | #151 | #112 | #141 | #97 | #175 | #101 | #145 | #254 | #238 | #260 | #255 | #250 | #158 | #155 | #212 | #141 | #59 | |
| people · size, not ranked | 93,850 | 96,500 | 98,962 | 101,385 | 103,167 | 104,710 | 105,823 | 106,567 | 107,573 | 108,797 | 110,232 | 111,533 | 111,746 | 112,073 | 112,791 | 114,767 | 115,091 | 115,774 | 117,598 | 118,601 | ||
| net movers per 100 residents · estimate · higher is better | #108 of 340 cities · 10th of 14 in its peer group | +0.8 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.4 | — | +0.5 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.7 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.4 | -0.4 | +0.4 | +0.4 | +0.2 | +0.0 | |
| new homes per 1,000 residents · higher is better | #28 of 271 cities with data · 4th of 10 in its peer group with data | — | 9.7 | 6.9 | 4.4 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 1.6 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 5.5 | — | 1.8 | 2.8 | 2.4 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 5.8 | 4.1 | 11.0 | |
| rent as % of income · lower is better | #119 of 340 cities · 5th of 14 in its peer group | 19.9% | 18.4% | 19.5% | 18.2% | 20.5% | 21.4% | 22.6% | 19.8% | 20.9% | 23.4% | 23.7% | 23.4% | 20.2% | 23.4% | 21.9% | — | 19.5% | 20.9% | 22.7% | 23.0% | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #145 of 304 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 8.5 | 8.3 | 13.1 | 10.8 | 2.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 7.3 | 6.3 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 16.8 | 11.3 | 16.5 | 13.0 | 11.1 | 5.1 | |
| per 100,000 residents · lower is better | #217 of 295 cities with data · 9th of 13 in its peer group with data | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 218.1 | 202.1 | 148.6 | 149.4 | 120.8 | 115.5 | |
| jobs · size, not ranked | 64,371 | 65,719 | 65,069 | 65,179 | 60,043 | 56,390 | 63,138 | 61,498 | 62,348 | 62,501 | 62,553 | 60,901 | 60,791 | 61,288 | 59,079 | 58,883 | 58,676 | 60,236 | 61,121 | — | ||
| points ahead of the metro · higher is better | #149 of 329 cities with data · 5th of 13 in its peer group with data · 2023 | +4.6 | +0.7 | -2.1 | -0.1 | -0.4 | -5.4 | +10.7 | -2.9 | -0.0 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -4.2 | -0.6 | +0.5 | -3.1 | +4.4 | -1.2 | -2.4 | +0.2 | — | |
| people · size, not ranked | — | — | — | — | — | — | 47,127 | 49,317 | 46,892 | 48,592 | 47,906 | 51,370 | 52,181 | 53,116 | 51,019 | — | 52,232 | 54,926 | 54,729 | 60,035 | ||
| % of workforce · lower is better | #20 of 340 cities · 2nd of 14 in its peer group | — | — | — | — | — | — | 14.9% | 11.6% | 13.3% | 9.8% | 9.5% | 5.9% | 8.0% | 7.0% | 4.3% | — | 6.7% | 5.5% | 4.4% | 3.0% | |
| % of promises funded · not ranked: 38 cities report | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| surplus as % of revenue · higher is better | #125 of 314 cities with data · 6th of 14 in its peer group | 21% | 26% | 27% | 16% | 7% | 15% | 22% | 16% | 22% | 23% | 16% | 11% | 16% | 12% | 18% | 24% | 28% | 18% | 27% | 27% | |
| dollars per resident · lower is better | #132 of 314 cities with data · 8th of 14 in its peer group | $2,805 | $3,460 | $3,046 | $3,877 | $3,523 | $4,194 | $3,634 | $3,423 | $3,146 | $3,416 | $3,174 | $2,947 | $2,581 | $2,720 | $2,970 | $2,893 | $2,573 | $2,840 | $2,514 | $2,298 |
Click a row for its source and its rank in every year. 1st is best whichever way the measure points. A rank is out of all 340 cities, or out of its peer group of 14; where some had no value that year it says “with data” and counts only those. An em dash is a year the source does not hold for High Point. A greyed homicide figure is a year the FBI holds as a transition year for this department. What each row is, and is not, is on the main page, with a link to every source in Sources.