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Area Guide

Downtown High Point High Point, NC

Welcome to the heart of the furniture capital of the world

Restaurants Culture Industry

Downtown High Point is the cultural and business epicenter for the city, which is known as the Furniture Capital of the World. Downtown celebrates High Point’s impact in the furniture industry and houses the city’s most popular attractions. The World's Largest Chest of Drawers, a 32-foot, Victorian, dresser-shaped building, pays tribute to the city’s roots while the biannual High Point Market, the largest furnishings industry trade show in the world, attracts visitors from across the globe. Along with furniture stores and showrooms, Downtown High Point has restaurants and entertainment venues like High Point Theatre. Multiple medical facilities including the High Point Medical Center dot the area while High Point University rests directly north of downtown. This lively enclave has a variety of apartments and houses available for rent.

Rent Trends

As of June 2026, the average apartment rent in Downtown High Point is $448 for a studio, $916 for one bedroom, and $1,332 for two bedrooms. Apartment rent in Downtown High Point has increased by 5.7% in the past year.

  • Studio

  • 600 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $448/month

    Average Rent

  • 1 BR

  • 727 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $916/month

    Average Rent

  • 2 BR

  • 602 sq ft

    Average Sq Ft

  • $1,332/month

    Average Rent

Getting Around

Moderately Walkable

Walkability

60 / 100

Limited Public Transit

Transit

30 / 100

Very Drivable

Drivability

80 / 100

Fairly Bikeable

Bikeability

40 / 100

Daily Essentials

Supermarket Within a 10 Minute Walk

Groceries

80 / 100

Fair Restaurant Variety Nearby

Restaurants

50 / 100

Fair Café Variety Nearby

Cafes

40 / 100

Fair Variety of Shops Nearby

Shopping

40 / 100

Local Vibe

Mostly Calm Atmosphere

Vibrancy

30 / 100

Fair Nightlife Variety Nearby

Nightlife

40 / 100

Moderately Noisy

Quiet Score

40 / 100

Points of Interest

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Methodology

† Our analysis of utilities, groceries, transportation, healthcare, home prices, and other goods and services is sourced from the Cost of Living Index, a respected benchmark published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER) that provides a thorough overview of living expenses across different regions.

Rent data is provided by CoStar Group’s Market Trend reports. As the industry leader in commercial real estate information, analytics, and news, CoStar conducts extensive research to produce and maintain a comprehensive database of commercial real estate information. We combine this data with public record to provide the most up-to-date rental information available.

Consumer goods, services, and home prices are sourced from the Cost of Living Index published by the Council for Community and Economic Research (C2ER). The data on this page is updated quarterly. It was last published in June 2026.

Demographic information comes from Neustar and combines detailed address data with U.S. Census and American Community Survey statistics to produce reliable local estimates.