High Point, NC

High Point, NC: Marketing for Dental & Medical Practices

Public data on High Point, and what we would do first for a practice there because of it.

120,571residents (2025 estimate)
96NPI-registered dentists
$64,561median household income
Residents

High Point at a glance

Furthest from the US: share of residents who speak Spanish at home (10.3% against 13.6%), then median household income ($64,561 against $80,734).

  • Residents, July 2025 estimate120,571Up 5.7% from the April 2020 base of 114,075
  • Median household income$64,561Below North Carolina ($72,388), well below the US ($80,734)
  • Median age37.7Below both North Carolina (39.1) and the US (38.9)
  • Residents 65 and older15.9%Below both North Carolina (17.2%) and the US (17.2%)
  • Bachelor's degree or higher (residents 25+)34.0%Below both North Carolina (35.6%) and the US (35.7%)
  • Speak Spanish at home (residents 5+)10.3%Above North Carolina (8.6%), well below the US (13.6%)

The share who speak Spanish at home is where High Point and Greensboro (12 miles apart) differ most: 10.3% against 7.9%, then the share with a bachelor's degree or higher (34.0% against 41.0%).

Local context

Local healthcare landscape in High Point

Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist High Point Medical Center Emergency Department is at 601 N. Elm St. and is open 24 hours every day of the year, treating children and adults of all ages. The city's education and health care page lists Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Moses Cone Health and Novant Health under health systems in High Point. High Point University lists a Congdon School of Health Sciences, a Fred Wilson School of Pharmacy, a School of Optometry, a Teresa Caine School of Nursing and a Workman School of Dental Medicine among its schools. The Core City Plan, adopted by the High Point City Council on February 8, 2007, covers a study area that includes downtown and various neighborhoods, and it names historic neighborhoods such as East Central, Macedonia, Southside, Washington Drive, West End, and Emerywood.

Neighborhoods and areas

  • East Central
  • Macedonia
  • Southside
  • Washington Drive
  • West End
  • Emerywood

Sources for this section

Providers

Who practices in High Point

NPI-registered providers with a practice address in High Point, by primary specialty (people, not offices). Per resident, High Point is furthest above the US among dermatologists (1.8 times the US rate) and lowest among plastic surgeons (none registered).

SpecialtyIn High PointResidents per providerUSAgainst the US
Dentists961 per 1,2561 per 1,340Above
Chiropractors171 per 7,0921 per 3,311Well below
Dermatologists121 per 10,0481 per 17,857Well above
Physical therapists741 per 1,6291 per 1,181Well below
Optometrists121 per 10,0481 per 5,291Well below
Podiatrists61 per 20,0951 per 14,706Well below
Plastic surgeons0–1 per 58,824Well below
Employers

Private-sector health care employers in Guilford County, 2024

2024 annual averages for the whole county. Offices of dentists are 21.1% of them, above the US share of 18.5%.

  • Ambulatory health care establishments1,035Average employment 15,022
  • Offices of physicians314
  • Offices of dentists218
  • Offices of other health practitioners272
Our plan

What we'd prioritize for a High Point practice

Chosen by fixed rules from the figures above.

  1. Room to stand out for plastic surgeons

    No NPI-registered plastic surgeons list a practice address in High Point (nationally there is one for every 58,824 residents). Fewer local competitors in search for a plastic surgeon. See our marketing for plastic surgeons.

  2. A crowded field for dermatologists

    1.8 times the US number of NPI-registered dermatologists per resident (one per 10,048 residents). A dermatologist here needs a clear focus and real reviews: see our marketing for dermatologists.

  3. Be easy to find for people who just moved here

    High Point grew by 6,496 residents (+5.7%) between April 2020 and July 2025. With that many new residents, we would start with maps and directory listings.

  4. Get into local search early

    Across the seven provider groups on this page, High Point has 18.0 NPI-registered providers per 10,000 residents, against 22.3 for the US. The thinnest group is plastic surgeons, with none registered. Fewer competitors to outrank: we would start with local SEO.

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Sources

Provider counts use each NPI record’s practice ZIP code, split between places by where the ZIP’s 2020 census residents live.

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