U.S. Beacon April 26, 2024

High Shoals, NC

Gaston County, North Carolina

Latitude: 35.397043     Longitude: -81.204313
Population 749 (2005)
Elevation of High Shoals, North Carolina: 724 feet



General Demographic Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3731440, place: High Shoals town, North Carolina)

Total Population: 729
Male: 358 (49.11%)
Female: 371 (50.89%)

Population data by age, 2000 data
Under 5 years: 83 (11.39%)
5 to 9 years: 70 (9.6%)
10 to 14 years: 46 (6.31%)
15 to 19 years: 28 (3.84%)
20 to 24 years: 51 (7%)
25 to 34 years: 138 (18.93%)
35 to 44 years: 114 (15.64%)
45 to 54 years: 79 (10.84%)
55 to 59 years: 27 (3.7%)
60 to 64 years: 23 (3.16%)
65 to 74 years: 39 (5.35%)
75 to 84 years: 27 (3.7%)
85 years and over: 4 (0.55%)

Median age: 30.9 years

Population data by age, legal ages, 2000 data
18 years and over: 516 (70.78%)
21 years and over: 501 (68.72%)
62 years and over: 84 (11.52%)
65 years and over: 70 (9.6%)

18 years and older by gender, 2000 data
18 years and over: 516 (70.78%)
--Male: 254 (34.84%)
--Female: 262 (35.94%)

65 years and older by gender, 2000 data
65 years and over: 70 (9.6%)
--Male: 26 (3.57%)
--Female: 44 (6.04%)

Races, 2000 data
One Race: 713 (97.81%)
--White: 629 (86.28%)
--Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 17 (2.33%)
--Black or African American: 68 (9.33%)
--American Indian and Alaska Native: 2 (0.27%)
--Asian: 0 (0%)
----Asian Indian: 0 (0%)
----Chinese: 0 (0%)
----Filipino: 0 (0%)
----Japanese: 0 (0%)
----Korean: 0 (0%)
----Vietnamese: 0 (0%)
----Other Asian: 0 (0%)
--Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
----Native Hawaiian: 0 (0%)
----Guamanian or Chamorro: 0 (0%)
----Samoan: 0 (0%)
----Other Pacific Islander: 0 (0%)
--Some other race: 1 (0.14%)
Two or more Races: 16 (2.19%)

Hispanic or Latino Races, 2000 data
Hispanic or Latino (of any race): 17 (2.33%)
--Mexican: 11 (1.51%)
--Puerto Rican: 0 (0%)
--Cuban: 0 (0%)
--Other Hispanic or Latino: 6 (0.82%)
Not Hispanic or Latino: 712 (97.67%)
--White Alone: 629 (86.28%)

Housedold Data, 2000 data
Household population: 729 (100%)
--Householder: 284 (38.96%)
--Spouse: 147 (20.16%)
--Child: 228 (31.28%)
----Child with own child under 18 years: 195 (26.75%)
--Other relatives: 44 (6.04%)
----Other relatives under 18 years: 17 (2.33%)
--Nonrelatives: 26 (3.57%)
----Unmarried partner: 16 (2.19%)
Living in group quarters: 0 (0%)
--Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
--Non Institutionalized Population: 0 (0%)
Total households: 284
Family households (families): 214 (75.35%)
----With own children under 18 years: 110 (38.73%)
--Married-couple families: 147 (51.76%)
----With own children under 18 years: 69 (24.3%)
--Female householder, no husband present: 54 (19.01%)
----With own children under 18 years: 35 (12.32%)
Nonfamily households: 70 (24.65%)
--Householder living alone: 61 (21.48%)
----Householder 65 years and over: 24 (8.45%)
Households with one or more people under 18 years: 120 (42.25%)
Households with one or more people 65 years and over: 53 (18.66%)
Average household size: 2.57 people
Average family size: 2.96 people

Housing Units, 2000 data
Total housing units: 315
Occupied housing units: 284 (90.16%)
Vacant housing units: 31 (9.84%)
--For seasonal, occasional, or recreational use: 2 (0.63%)
Home owner vacancy rate (percent): 4.7%
Rental vacancy rate (percent): 10.5%
Occupied housing units: 284 (90.16%)
Owner occupied housing units: 182 (57.78%)
Renter occupied housing units: 102 (32.38%)
Average household size of owner occupied units: 2.33 people
Average household size of renter occupied units: 2.99 people

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