High Shoals vs McAdenville

A side-by-side comparison of High Shoals and McAdenville: population, income, housing, and more.

High Shoals and McAdenville are places in North Carolina. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

McAdenville has the higher population (1,139 vs 565 in High Shoals). McAdenville has the higher median household income ($117,411 vs $50,893 in High Shoals). McAdenville has the higher median home value ($350,900 vs $145,700 in High Shoals).

Population, income & housing

	High Shoals	McAdenville
Population	565	1,139
Median age	31.7 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$50,893	$117,411
Median home value	$145,700	$350,900
Median gross rent	$937	$1,227
Housing units	249	489
Homeownership rate	51.7%	89.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	14.6%	55.4%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Shoals	McAdenville
Population	671 → 565 (-15.8%)	865 → 1,139 (+31.7%)
Median household income	$25,882 → $50,893 (+96.6%)	$99,167 → $117,411 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$99,500 → $145,700 (+46.4%)	$289,500 → $350,900 (+21.2%)
Median gross rent	$622 → $937 (+50.6%)	$958 → $1,227 (+28.1%)

High Shoals

Population

671565

Median household income

$25,882$50,893

Median home value

$99,500$145,700

Median gross rent

$622$937

McAdenville

Population

8651,139

Median household income

$99,167$117,411

Median home value

$289,500$350,900

Median gross rent

$958$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	High Shoals	McAdenville
Under 5	12.9%	6.1%
5 to 17	22.5%	15.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	4.3%
25 to 34	19.3%	10.5%
35 to 44	13.3%	22.8%
45 to 54	5.8%	13.8%
55 to 64	9.2%	5.0%
65 to 74	4.4%	8.4%
75 and over	5.1%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Shoals	McAdenville
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	91.9%
Black or African American	8.8%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	4.2%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Shoals	McAdenville
No high school diploma	8.0%	4.0%
High school graduate	41.2%	21.0%
Some college or associate's	36.2%	19.5%
Bachelor's degree	11.1%	35.1%
Graduate or professional degree	3.4%	20.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Shoals	McAdenville
Drove alone	78.8%	76.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	3.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.9%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.9%	18.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Shoals	McAdenville
1-unit, detached	72.3%	94.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	2.8%	2.5%
5 to 19 units	17.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	3.6%	3.3%

Poverty & households

	High Shoals	McAdenville
Poverty rate	22.5%	5.2%
Average household size	2.68	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1982	2011