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Highland, IL

10,262 Population
7 square miles 1,466.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.8 ±3.1 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 39.9 ±0.1
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Illinois: 39 ±0.1

Economics

$46,008 ±$2,850 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $45,864 ±$341
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $46,406 ±$212
$82,551 ±$12,519 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $80,196 ±$701
  • about the same as the amount in Illinois: $83,390 ±$362

6% ±2.7% (602  ±273) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 10.5% 288,411 (±0.3% / ±7,791)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 11.8% 1,464,937 (±0.2% / ±18,161)

27.3 minutes ±2.4 (135,605  ±17,096) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 24.9 29,218,560 (±0.2 / ±265,717)
  • about the same as the figure in Illinois: 27.8 143,793,920 (±0.1 / ±595,293)

Families

4,931 ±289 Number of households
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,160,386 ±3,136
  • Illinois: 5,036,449 ±8,009
2.1 ±0.1 (10,086  ±318) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 2.4 2,753,388 (±0 / ±453)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Illinois: 2.5 12,405,980

2.3% ±2.1% (53  ±49) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about half the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 4.9% 31,839 (±0.2% / ±1,447)
  • about half the rate in Illinois: 4.9% 147,208 (±0.1% / ±3,564)

Housing

5,137 ±300 Number of housing units
  • the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 1,273,302 ±326
  • Illinois: 5,457,452 ±471

$202,900 ±$14,238 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: $244,800 ±$1,415
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Illinois: $263,300 ±$797

12.2% ±4.2% (1,246  ±428.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 11.4% 316,977 (±0.3% / ±7,177.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 11.1% 1,396,426 (±0.1% / ±14,640.6)

Social

97.6% ±8.3% (7,571  ±734.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 93.6% 1,840,791 (±0.5% / ±10,454.6)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Illinois: 90.5% 7,931,250 (±0.3% / ±22,974.6)
35.8% ±5.3% (2,779  ±430.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 38.2% 750,935 (±0.3% / ±6,330)
  • a little less than the rate in Illinois: 37.9% 3,318,149 (±0.2% / ±14,295.2)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

3.3% ±1.4% (338  ±148) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 5.2% 146,100
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Illinois: 14.8% 1,872,449

8.8% ±2% (729  ±166) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the St. Louis, MO-IL Metro Area: 7.1% 155,770 (±0.1% / ±2,618)
  • nearly double the rate in Illinois: 4.8% 478,196 (±0.1% / ±4,766)
729 Total veterans ±166 700 Male ±166 29 Female ±34

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