Educational Attainment in Forest Hills, Hickory, North Carolina (Neighborhood)

Educational Attainment#1

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Forest Hills
Hickory
0%10%20%30%40%CountHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma248.978084%41.080714%48.978084%49.0%25437.109086%44.321351%37.109086%37.1%19219313.912829%14.597935%13.912829%13.9%72

Relative Educational Attainment#2

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Hickory at large.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
-10%0%+10%%ref.Higher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma219.224032%19.224032%+19.2%48.978%49.0%41.081%41.1%-16.272663%-16.272663%-16.3%37.109%37.1%44.321%44.3%-4.693168%-4.693168%-4.7%13.913%13.9%14.598%14.6%

Detailed Educational Attainment#3

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Forest Hills
Hickory
0%5%10%15%20%CountDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None1.206599%1.089004%1.206599%1.2%63.472051%2.577436%3.472051%3.5%1810.687023%8.018690%10.687023%10.7%5523.220882%20.103248%23.220882%23.2%12012110.391529%9.292336%10.391529%10.4%535418.542231%19.654835%18.542231%18.5%9618.566855%24.666516%18.566855%18.6%967.953706%9.661617%7.953706%8.0%414.555528%3.696586%4.555528%4.6%23241.403595%1.239732%1.403595%1.4%7

Detailed Relative Educational Attainment#4

Highest level of education among people aged 25 years and older, as percentage more or less than Hickory at large.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
-20%0%+20%%ref.Doctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None10.798387%10.798387%+10.8%1.207%1.21%1.089%1.09%34.709496%34.709496%+34.7%3.472%3.47%2.577%2.58%33.276416%33.276416%+33.3%10.687%10.7%8.019%8.02%15.508108%15.508108%+15.5%23.221%23.2%20.103%20.1%11.829035%11.829035%+11.8%10.392%10.4%9.292%9.29%-5.660712%-5.660712%-5.7%18.542%18.5%19.655%19.7%-24.728504%-24.728504%-24.7%18.567%18.6%24.667%24.7%-17.677282%-17.677282%-17.7%7.954%7.95%9.662%9.66%23.236093%23.236093%+23.2%4.556%4.56%3.697%3.70%13.217656%13.217656%+13.2%1.404%1.40%1.240%1.24%

Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#5

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
More Females More Males
Hickory
Forest Hills
20%10%0%10%FMHigher Degree1H.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2-2.811449%-2.811449%3%2.666244%49.656%49.7%48.298%48.3%-0.256804%12.042898%12.042898%12%35.005%35.0%39.221%39.2%-22.895752%-6.881594%-22.895752%23%15.339%15.3%12.481%12.5%

Detailed Educational Attainment Sex Ratio#6

Percentage more likely men or women are to have various highest levels of education among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
More Females More Males
Hickory
Forest Hills
0%200%400%600%FMDoctorate1Professional1Master's1Bachelor's1Associate's1Some CollegeHigh School2Some H.S.3Less than H.S.3None177.879397%57.550752%177.879397%178%0.639%0.64%1.776%1.78%742.900839%263.662603%742.900839%743%0.737%0.74%6.216%6.22%-100.695810%-36.336687%-100.695810%101%14.258%14.3%7.104%7.10%9.933892%8.248199%9.933892%10%22.124%22.1%24.322%24.3%-33.981755%-19.731907%-33.981755%34%11.898%11.9%8.880%8.88%-6.001785%38.014408%38.014408%38%15.585%15.6%21.510%21.5%-9.649195%-9.649195%10%4.252068%19.420%19.4%17.711%17.7%-10.728723%-21.780668%-10.728723%11%8.358%8.36%7.548%7.55%-75.513289%-75.513289%76%23.078771%5.801%5.80%3.305%3.31%37.974840%12.096358%37.974840%38%1.180%1.18%1.628%1.63%

Bachelor's Degrees By Age#7

Percentage of age cohort whose highest degree is a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Forest Hills
Hickory
0%5%10%15%20%25%B.X.Total65+45-6435-4425-3421.857025%17.225180%21.857025%21.9%333415515626.707650%22.418762%26.707650%26.7%495018715.780998%19.550173%15.780998%15.8%12137924.769433%19.684878%24.769433%24.8%249697

Relative Bachelor's Degrees By Age#8

Percentage of population whose highest degree is a Bachelor's, as a percentage more or less than Hickory at large.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
10%0%10%20%%ref.65+45-6435-4425-3426.889968%26.889968%26.9%21.857%21.9%17.225%17.2%19.130800%19.130800%19.1%26.708%26.7%22.419%22.4%-19.279495%-19.279495%19.3%15.781%15.8%19.550%19.6%25.829752%25.829752%25.8%24.769%24.8%19.685%19.7%

Bachelor's Degrees Sex Ratio By Age#9

Percentage more likely men or women are to have their highest degree be a Bachelor's.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
More Females More Males
Hickory
Forest Hills
60%40%20%0%20%40%FM65+45-6435-4425-3415.188762%46.498039%15.188762%15.2%20.427%20.4%23.529%23.5%41.639885%11.099374%41.639885%41.6%22.069%22.1%31.258%31.3%-66.103604%-8.019222%-66.103604%66.1%19.932%19.9%12.000%12.0%-20.029550%-25.260024%-20.029550%20.0%27.171%27.2%22.637%22.6%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#10

Among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Forest Hills
Hickory
$0k$20k$40k$60kCount%Graduate Degree1Bachelor's DegreeSome CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$60,500.000000$54,329.000000$60,500.000000$60.5k798015.366%15.4%$45,873.000000$45,429.000000$45,873.000000$45.9k12012123.221%23.2%$23,681.000000$28,931.000000$23,681.000000$23.7k15028.934%28.9%$36,178.000000$21,400.000000$36,178.000000$36.2k9618.567%18.6%$21,923.000000$18,305.000000$21,923.000000$21.9k7213.913%13.9%$35,928.000000$30,863.000000$35,928.000000$35.9k518519100.000%100%

Median Earnings by Educational Attainment#11

By sex among population 25 years old and over with earnings.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Female Male
Hickory
Forest Hills
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$0k$50kFMGraduate Degree1Some CollegeH.S. Diploma2No H.S. Diploma2Total$-47,868.000000$-43,998.000000$-47,868.000000$47.9k$47,868.000000$15,445.000000$43,998.000000$39,835.000000$63,313.000000$63.3k404139$-22,223.000000$-25,676.000000$-22,223.000000$22.2k$22,223.000000$4,674.000000$25,676.000000$6,753.000000$26,897.000000$26.9k717879$-27,000.000000$-17,813.000000$-27,000.000000$27.0k$27,000.000000$43,462.000000$17,813.000000$8,226.000000$70,462.000000$70.5k504546$-14,563.000000$-14,082.000000$-14,563.000000$14.6k$14,563.000000$10,437.000000$14,082.000000$10,025.000000$25,000.000000$25.0k394032$-28,811.000000$-25,875.000000$-28,811.000000$28.8k$28,811.000000$14,641.000000$25,875.000000$10,574.000000$43,452.000000$43.5k259260259

Employment by Educational Attainment#12

Percentage of population that is employed by highest level of educational attainment among the population aged 25 to 64 years old.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Forest Hills
Hickory
0%20%40%60%CountBachelor's Degree1Some College2H.S. Diploma3No H.S. Diploma379.697240%79.849737%79.697240%79.7%11466.514286%76.055154%66.514286%66.5%7464.190476%69.871925%64.190476%64.2%4337.071651%52.261498%37.071651%37.1%15

Lacking High School Diploma By Race#13

Percent of racial or ethnic group lacking a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Female Male
Hickory
Forest Hills
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40%20%0%20%40%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-8.842730%-8.301449%-1.793948%-8.842730%8.8%8.842730%1.812032%8.301449%10.654762%10.7%222319-0.000000%-38.125000%-16.699933%-7.024859%-38.125000%38.1%0.000000%16.699933%0.000000%0.0%078-28.682171%-25.286083%-35.627837%-53.968254%54.0%28.682171%35.627837%4.758104%28.682171%28.7%913-21.978022%-35.883613%-37.454212%-1.485458%-57.861635%57.9%21.978022%37.454212%21.978022%22.0%781112

College Graduates By Race#14

Percent of racial or ethnic group with a bachelor's degree or higher.
Scope: population of Hickory and Forest Hills
Female Male
Hickory
Forest Hills
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40%20%0%20%40%MFWhite1BlackHispanic2Other1-45.044510%-37.112161%-45.044510%45.0%45.044510%1.681680%37.112161%6.957404%46.726190%46.7%1009697-5.625000%-7.318696%-3.594709%-5.625000%5.6%5.625000%17.708333%7.318696%23.333333%23.3%121-0.000000%-2.756720%-1.781858%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%2.756720%0.000000%0.0%00-0.000000%-0.824176%-4.568877%0.000000%0.0%0.000000%0.000000%0.824176%0.000000%0.0%00

Educational Attainment by Neighborhood in Hickory

There are 10 neighborhoods in Hickory. This section compares Forest Hills to all of the neighborhoods in Hickory and to those entities that contain or substantially overlap with Forest Hills.

No H.S. Diploma by Neighborhood#15

Percent of population 25 years of age and older without a high school diploma (or equivalent).
Scope: population of Forest Hills, selected other neighborhoods in Hickory, and entities that contain Forest Hills
0%5%10%15%20%25%Count#Kenworth NeighborhoodKenworthRidgeview NeighborhoodRidgeviewGreen Park NeighborhoodGreen ParkWestmont NeighborhoodWestmontHighland NeighborhoodHighlandHickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory AreaCatawba CountyCatawbaHickoryClaremont NeighborhoodClaremontSouthZIP Code 28601ZIP 28601010600Tract 010600Forest Hills NeighborhoodForest HillsNorth CarolinaN CarolinaUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesSouth AtlanticLakeland NeighborhoodLakelandOakwood NeighborhoodOakwoodDowntown NeighborhoodDowntown28.014293%28.014293%28.0%239126.296743%26.296743%26.3%234224.903299%24.903299%24.9%146320.075028%20.075028%20.1%356357419.718116%19.718116%19.7%202519.170762%19.170762%19.2%48,72048.7k16.612448%16.612448%16.6%17,72017.7k14.597935%14.597935%14.6%3,87414.512975%14.512975%14.5%100101614.392758%14.392758%14.4%11,511,24211.5M14.182924%14.182924%14.2%4,71113.912829%13.912829%13.9%56513.912829%13.912829%13.9%72713.685443%13.685443%13.7%914,827915k13.020590%13.020590%13.0%27,818,38027.8M12.827640%12.827640%12.8%5,478,9325.48M12.490559%12.490559%12.5%383989.886535%9.886535%9.9%707195.117017%5.117017%5.1%110

Bachelor's Degrees by Neighborhood#16

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a bachelor's degree or higher..
Scope: population of Forest Hills, selected other neighborhoods in Hickory, and entities that contain Forest Hills
0%10%20%30%40%50%Count#Downtown NeighborhoodDowntownOakwood NeighborhoodOakwoodLakeland NeighborhoodLakeland010600Tract 010600Forest Hills NeighborhoodForest HillsClaremont NeighborhoodClaremontHickorySouth AtlanticZIP Code 28601ZIP 28601United States of AmericaUnited StatesNorth CarolinaN CarolinaSouthWestmont NeighborhoodWestmontCatawba CountyCatawbaHickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory AreaHighland NeighborhoodHighlandGreen Park NeighborhoodGreen ParkRidgeview NeighborhoodRidgeviewKenworth NeighborhoodKenworth54.502182%54.502182%54.5%13145.871954%45.871954%45.9%327328239.863545%39.863545%39.9%124338.586555%38.586555%38.6%1,56738.586555%38.586555%38.6%200433.062822%33.062822%33.1%229230531.788379%31.788379%31.8%8,43630.457708%30.457708%30.5%13,009,07313.0M30.328757%30.328757%30.3%10,07410.1k30.315023%30.315023%30.3%64,767,78764.8M29.028126%29.028126%29.0%1,940,4351.94M28.191926%28.191926%28.2%22,547,73422.5M27.722810%27.722810%27.7%492493621.611182%21.611182%21.6%23,05223.1k17.790011%17.790011%17.8%45,21145.2k16.484520%16.484520%16.5%168169713.577713%13.577713%13.6%7980810.695617%10.695617%10.7%95910.500798%10.500798%10.5%899010

Very Advanced Degrees by Neighborhood#17

Percent of population 25 years of age and older with a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD).
Scope: population of Forest Hills, selected other neighborhoods in Hickory, and entities that contain Forest Hills
0%1%2%3%4%5%6%Count#Downtown NeighborhoodDowntownOakwood NeighborhoodOakwood010600Tract 010600Forest Hills NeighborhoodForest HillsLakeland NeighborhoodLakelandClaremont NeighborhoodClaremontHickoryWestmont NeighborhoodWestmontSouth AtlanticUnited States of AmericaUnited StatesZIP Code 28601ZIP 28601SouthNorth CarolinaN CarolinaCatawba CountyCatawbaHighland NeighborhoodHighlandHickory, Lenoir, and Morganton Metro AreaHickory AreaGreen Park NeighborhoodGreen ParkKenworth NeighborhoodKenworthRidgeview NeighborhoodRidgeview6.624355%6.624355%6.6%1215.569300%5.569300%5.6%394024.678651%4.678651%4.7%1904.678651%4.678651%4.7%2434.628464%4.628464%4.6%1443.781014%3.781014%3.8%2653.666441%3.666441%3.7%9733.587276%3.587276%3.6%636463.501306%3.501306%3.5%1,495,4751.50M3.336158%3.336158%3.3%7,127,6737.13M3.209297%3.209297%3.2%1,0663.064699%3.064699%3.1%2,451,1282.45M2.874397%2.874397%2.9%192,144192k1.654682%1.654682%1.7%1,7651.513287%1.513287%1.5%151671.420100%1.420100%1.4%3,6090.435826%0.435826%0.4%2380.207688%0.207688%0.2%1290.000000%0.000000%0.0%010

Under-Education Sex Ratio by Neighborhood#18

Percentage more likely men are than women to not have a high school diploma (or equivalent) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Forest Hills, selected other neighborhoods in Hickory, and entities that contain Forest Hills
Female
Male
1x0x1xFM#DowntownN CarolinaHickory AreaSouth AtlanticCatawbaSouthWestmontUnited StatesZIP 28601ClaremontOakwoodLakelandHickoryHighlandTract 010600Forest HillsKenworthGreen ParkRidgeview-1.000000x-1.000000x1.546458x1.546458x1.55x4.178%4.18%6.461%6.46%1-1.000000x-1.000000x1.267161x1.267161x1.27x12.146%12.1%15.391%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.247267x1.247267x1.25x17.121%17.1%21.355%21.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.178860x1.178860x1.18x11.819%11.8%13.933%13.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.157706x1.157706x1.16x15.443%15.4%17.878%17.9%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.149925x1.149925x1.15x13.427%13.4%15.440%15.4%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.138389x1.138389x1.14x18.788%18.8%21.388%21.4%2-1.000000x-1.000000x1.109070x1.109070x1.11x12.369%12.4%13.719%13.7%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.052510x1.052510x1.05x13.843%13.8%14.570%14.6%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.045532x1.045532x1.05x14.224%14.2%14.871%14.9%3-1.000000x-1.000000x1.023605x1.023605x1.02x9.781%9.78%10.011%10.0%4-1.000000x-1.000000x1.016684x1.016684x1.02x12.393%12.4%12.600%12.6%5-1.068816x-1.068816x1.07x1.000000x1.000000x15.041%15.0%14.073%14.1%-1.111548x-1.111548x1.11x1.000000x1.000000x20.674%20.7%18.599%18.6%6-1.228958x-1.228958x1.23x1.000000x1.000000x15.339%15.3%12.481%12.5%-1.228958x-1.228958x1.23x1.000000x1.000000x15.339%15.3%12.481%12.5%7-1.371448x-1.371448x1.37x1.000000x1.000000x32.349%32.3%23.587%23.6%8-1.385080x-1.385080x1.39x1.000000x1.000000x28.949%28.9%20.900%20.9%9-1.428975x-1.428975x1.43x1.000000x1.000000x31.040%31.0%21.722%21.7%10

Over-Education Sex Ratio by Neighborhood#19

Percentage more likely men are than women to have a professional or doctorate degree (e.g., MBA, PhD, or MD) among people aged 25 years and older.
Scope: population of Forest Hills, selected other neighborhoods in Hickory, and entities that contain Forest Hills
Female
Male
0x2x4x6x8x10xFM#WestmontKenworthTract 010600Forest HillsHighlandClaremontLakelandOakwoodDowntownHickoryZIP 28601CatawbaGreen ParkHickory AreaN CarolinaSouthUnited StatesSouth Atlantic-1.000000x-1.000000x10.000000x10.000000x> 10.0x0.657%0.66%6.575%6.57%1-1.000000x-1.000000x6.351500x6.351500x6.35x0.057%0.06%0.362%0.36%2-1.000000x-1.000000x5.805695x5.805695x5.81x1.377%1.38%7.992%7.99%-1.000000x-1.000000x5.805695x5.805695x5.81x1.377%1.38%7.992%7.99%3-1.000000x-1.000000x5.312531x5.312531x5.31x0.507%0.51%2.692%2.69%4-1.000000x-1.000000x4.149881x4.149881x4.15x1.571%1.57%6.521%6.52%5-1.000000x-1.000000x4.059408x4.059408x4.06x1.893%1.89%7.686%7.69%6-1.000000x-1.000000x4.017065x4.017065x4.02x2.335%2.34%9.382%9.38%7-1.000000x-1.000000x3.446205x3.446205x3.45x3.302%3.30%11.379%11.4%8-1.000000x-1.000000x2.761357x2.761357x2.76x2.030%2.03%5.604%5.60%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.751502x2.751502x2.75x1.764%1.76%4.854%4.85%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.577934x2.577934x2.58x0.941%0.94%2.427%2.43%-1.000000x-1.000000x2.383066x2.383066x2.38x0.257%0.26%0.613%0.61%9-1.000000x-1.000000x2.188065x2.188065x2.19x0.902%0.90%1.973%1.97%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.558133x1.558133x1.56x2.273%2.27%3.541%3.54%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.555780x1.555780x1.56x2.420%2.42%3.764%3.76%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.526215x1.526215x1.53x2.660%2.66%4.060%4.06%-1.000000x-1.000000x1.520688x1.520688x1.52x2.804%2.80%4.265%4.26%

Definitions

Educational attainment is reported in terms of the highest level of education obtained by persons aged 25 years and older. On this page, we report on both detailed and coarse categorizations of the levels of education in the population. The detailed levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • None: no formal education at all
  • Less than High School: some education, but stopped short of high school
  • Some High School: some high school education, but no high school diploma (or equivalent)
  • Some College: high school diploma (or equivalent), and some college, but no post-secondary degree
  • Associate's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is an associate's degree (including occupational or academic degrees)
  • Bachelor's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a bachelor's degree (e.g., BA, BS, AB)
  • Master's Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a master's degree (e.g., MA, MS, MENG, MSW)
  • Professional Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a professional degree (e.g., MD, DDC, JD)
  • Doctorate Degree: highest post-secondary degree is a doctorate degree (e.g., PhD, EdD)

The coarse levels of educational attainment are as follows:

  • No High School Diploma: does not have a high school diploma or equivalent
  • High School Diploma: has a high school diploma or equivalent and possibly some college, but no post-secondary degrees
  • Higher Degree: has some post-secondary degree (associate's, bachelor's, master's, professional, doctorate)

Unlike the other geographical entities detailed on this site, neighborhoods are not recognized by the U.S. Census Bureau. To overcome this we have computed reasonable estimates of the same statistics that are presented for other the entity types. Each statistic is computed as the weighted sum or average of the census tracts or block groups that overlap the neighborhood. A weighted sum is used for counts of people or households, and a weighted average is used for statistics that are themselves some form of average, such as median household income. Census block groups are preferred when the statistic in question is available on the block group level. The weight for a given tract (or block group) is computed as the population of the census tabulation blocks that occupy the intersection between the tract and the neighborhood as a fraction of the total population of the neighborhood.

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