Highlands Jobs

Highlands is an incorporated town located on a plateau in the southern Appalachian mountains, within the Nantahala National Forest, in Macon County, North Carolina . As of the 2000 census, the town had a year-round population of 909, but the population swells to 10,000-15,000 during the season from spring to fall. The town was founded in 1875 by Samuel Truman Kelsey and Clinton Carter Hutchinson who, supposedly, drew lines from Chicago, Illinois to Savannah and from New Orleans to Baltimore. They felt that the intersection of these two lines, would eventually become a great trading center and commercial crossroads. In the 1930s the town became a golfing mecca when Bobby Jones of Atlanta and some of his well-heeled golfing buddies founded the Highlands Country Club. Today that club is one of seven successful residential country club communities situated between Highlands and Cashiers, North Carolina.

Public utilities Cable television services for the city of Highlands are contracted to Northland Cable TV. or Highlands Cable Group, Verizon South DSL is available as well as all Satellite Radio and Television. Further reading *Good Reading Material, Mostly Bound and New: The Hudson Library, 1884-1994 by Randolph P. Shaffner [Publisher: Hudson Library of Highlands NC] ISBN 0-9640078-3-5 A written history of the town library. *Heart of the Blue Ridge Highlands, North Carolina by Randolph P. Shaffner [Publisher: Faraway Publishing ] ISBN 0-9710130-3-9 A written history of the town of Highlands, NC from its foundation to the publication of this book.

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Among the most common occupations in Highlands are Sales and office occupations, 36%. Management, professional, and related occupations, 30%. and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 71 percent of workers in Highlands, North Carolina work for companies, 9 percent work for the government and 17 percent are self-employed.

Currently, the most commonly listed Highlands Jobs are for occupational therapy jobs, physical therapist jobs, family practice jobs, property manager jobs, full-time pharmacist jobs and route sales trainee jobs.

The leading industries in Highlands, North Carolina are Retail trade, 28%; Educational, health and social services, 15%; and Construction, 12%. Simply Hired's Highlands job listings indicate that the following industries in Highlands are hiring the most workers: Home Health Care, Blood & Organ Banks, Catering Services, Food Service Contractors and Computer Equipment Mfg.

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Highlands, North Carolina is $26,313, and the median income of households in Highlands was $33,750.

Highlands has an unemployment rate of 2.3%, compared the national average of 5.8%.

According to our Highlands Trends data, the number of Highlands, North Carolina jobs has decreased by 62% since April 2008.

Population of Highlands Total population 909 Male 47.74% Female 52.26% Median age 50.9     Highlands Housing Owner-occupied homes 74.6% Median cost of a home $220,600 Median mortgage payment $758 Renter-occupied homes 25.4% Vacant housing 74.0% Median monthly rent $529     Average Income Median for all male full-time $31,964 Median for all female full-time $20,662     Household Income Less than $10,000 12% $10,000 to $14,999 7% $15,000 to $24,999 20% $25,000 to $34,999 14% $35,000 to $49,999 13% $50,000 to $74,999 17% $75,000 to $99,999 4% $100,000 to $149,999 9% $150,000 to $199,999 2% $200,000 or more 2%

Education Less than 9th grade 6% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 10% High school graduate 21% Some college, no degree 16% Associate's degree 9% Bachelor's degree 24% Graduate degree 15%     Marital Status Never married 18% Currently married 54% Separated 1% Widowed 12% Divorced 15%     Race White 99% Black or African American 0% Asian 0% Other 1%     Highlands Commute Carpool 6.4% Public transportation 0.0% Average travel time 12 minutes

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