North Carolina · Census place 3731360
Highlands, North Carolina
Highlands is a town in 2 counties of North Carolina with an estimated 1,119 residents on July 1, 2024. It is the 325th largest of 335 incorporated places of 1,000+ people in the state.
- Population 2024
- 1,119
- #325 of 335 in North Carolina
- Change since 2020
- +4.2%
- +45 people
- Land area
- 6.3 sq mi
- + 0.14 sq mi water
- Density
- 179 / sq mi
- State median 1,316
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Highlands population, 2020 to 2024
Highlands added 45 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +4.2%. In the latest year it moved by +8.
Highlands covers 6.25 square miles of land and 0.14 of water, for 179 people per square mile of land. The median North Carolina place of 5,000+ has 1,316, so Highlands is less dense than the typical town.
The 2 counties Highlands spans
Highlands crosses county lines. The Census county-part estimates split its 1,119 residents as follows; Macon County holds 99.2% of them. The shaded shapes are on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.
- 01Macon County1,110
- 02Jackson County9
ZIP codes in Highlands
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Highlands by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the town's land: 28741. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a town that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.
Where Highlands is
The Census internal point of Highlands is at 35.053800, -83.197600. Raleigh, the capital, is 261.5 miles ENE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Franklin, NC (4,362 people), 13.5 miles away. The nearest city of 100,000 or more is Knoxville, TN, 76.2 miles away.
Internal point
- Decimal
- 35.053800, -83.197600
- DMS
- 35°03'13.68"N 83°11'51.36"W
- UTM
- 17N 299579.8E 3881217.5N
- Geohash
- dnhz6v375
- Plus code
- 867R3R32+GX
Daylight in Highlands
At 35.05° N, Highlands gets about 14 h 31 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 48 min around the December solstice, a swing of 4 h 43 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.
Places near Highlands
The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in North Carolina, measured between internal points. The closest is Franklin, 13.5 miles away, with 4,362 people.
Questions people ask
What is the population of Highlands, NC?
1,119 on July 1, 2024, in the Census Vintage 2024 estimates. That is up 45 (4.2%) from 1,074 in July 2020.
What county is Highlands in?
It spans 2 counties: Macon County (1,110 residents), Jackson County (9 residents).
What ZIP codes cover Highlands?
1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area overlaps it by at least 10% of either area: 28741.
How far is Highlands from Raleigh?
261.5 miles (420.9 km) in a straight line, heading ENE from Highlands.
What is the nearest larger city to Highlands?
Franklin, NC, with 4,362 residents, 13.5 miles away between internal points.
Sources and data as of
Data as of: Census Vintage 2024 subcounty estimates (July 1, 2024), 2024 Gazetteer places, 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file.
- 01Census Vintage 2024 subcounty population estimates
- 02Census 2024 Gazetteer, places
- 03Census 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file
- 04Census 2024 cartographic boundary file, counties (1:5,000,000)
How every number is computed: methodology. Spotted a wrong figure? Report an error.