With 8,628 people, Highland Park is a city in Michigan. The poverty rate is 40.9%, above the 12.5% national rate. That trails the Michigan median by roughly 60%. Owners hold 44% of the housing stock. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults. The population has fallen 48% since 2000.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $29,309, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Older
median age 42.7
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
More affordable
home values down 9%, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about Highland Park
What changed most since 1990
White share6.4% → 11.2%(+4.8 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Population20,121 → 8,628(−57%)US over the same years: +35%
Black share92.9% → 82.2%(−10.6 pts)US over the same years: +0.2 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)26.4%(96)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)18.1%(66)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era30.8%(112)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War0%(0)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II0%(0)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 364 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 Park, decade by decade
Highland Park 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
20,121
$23,533
$46,321
7.0%
16.7
2000
16,746
$32,311
$87,257
6.1%
16.3
2010
11,776
$29,066
$93,507
8.5%
16.6
2020
8,977
$25,048
$60,844
16.7%
28.3
2024
8,628
$29,309
$79,200
17.3%
38.6
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.
