Highland is home to 1,069 people in Kansas. This skews young, with a median age of 20.7. The typical home is worth $114,400, having more than doubled since 2000. Getting to work takes 14 minutes on average. Renters pay $617 a month at the median. The foreign-born share is 4%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $72,083, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Younger
median age 20.7
US median: 38.9
Average education
38% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Less affordable
home values up 32%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Highland
What changed most since 1990
Median age31.5 → 20.7(−10.8 years)US over the same years: +6.0 years
Black share3.0% → 15.0%(+12.0 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 pts
Poverty rate15.6% → 8.4%(−7.2 pts)US over the same years: −0.8 pts
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)3.9%(3)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)9.2%(7)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era65.8%(50)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.9%(3)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II15.8%(12)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 76 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
Highland, decade by decade
Highland population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
939
$51,251
$77,282
19.8%
9.5
2000
976
$45,997
$86,893
21.6%
23.3
2010
1,012
$65,635
$103,721
23.6%
36.2
2020
903
$79,035
$110,417
31.3%
54.4
2024
1,069
$72,083
$114,400
37.6%
56.0
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
