High Point vs Pleasant Garden

A side-by-side comparison of High Point and Pleasant Garden: population, income, housing, and more.

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

High Point has the higher population (115,263 vs 4,989 in Pleasant Garden). Pleasant Garden has the higher median household income ($88,482 vs $61,228 in High Point). Pleasant Garden has the higher median home value ($212,700 vs $212,400 in High Point).

Population, income & housing

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
Population	115,263	4,989
Median age	37.8 yrs	38.6 yrs
Median household income	$61,228	$88,482
Median home value	$212,400	$212,700
Median gross rent	$1,062	$1,114
Housing units	48,990	2,244
Homeownership rate	58.1%	79.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.9%	30.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
Population	111,714 → 115,263 (+3.2%)	4,837 → 4,989 (+3.1%)
Median household income	$47,234 → $61,228 (+29.6%)	$65,614 → $88,482 (+34.9%)
Median home value	$151,900 → $212,400 (+39.8%)	$171,700 → $212,700 (+23.9%)
Median gross rent	$879 → $1,062 (+20.8%)	$806 → $1,114 (+38.2%)

High Point

Population

111,714115,263

Median household income

$47,234$61,228

Median home value

$151,900$212,400

Median gross rent

$879$1,062

Pleasant Garden

Population

4,8374,989

Median household income

$65,614$88,482

Median home value

$171,700$212,700

Median gross rent

$806$1,114

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	12.0%	8.0%
25 to 34	12.9%	17.9%
35 to 44	12.4%	6.4%
45 to 54	11.8%	10.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.6%
65 to 74	10.1%	12.1%
75 and over	6.1%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
White (non-Hispanic)	43.3%	77.6%
Black or African American	32.2%	14.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	8.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	5.8%
Hispanic or Latino	12.3%	2.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
No high school diploma	13.6%	4.0%
High school graduate	23.6%	26.5%
Some college or associate's	28.9%	38.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	22.0%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
Drove alone	77.0%	81.0%
Carpooled	10.1%	5.3%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	1.3%	0.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	11.7%
Other means	2.0%	1.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
1-unit, detached	63.9%	85.5%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	6.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	14.5%

Poverty & households

	High Point	Pleasant Garden
Poverty rate	14.7%	9.5%
Average household size	2.41	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	21	28
Median year structure built	1987	1979