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The Highlands, KS

479 Population
1 square miles 467.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

56.7 ±12.8 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 40.9 ±0.5
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Kansas: 37.4 ±0.1

Economics

$67,695 ±$31,953 Per capita income
  • more than double the amount in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: $32,509 ±$1,119
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Kansas: $40,978 ±$367
$97,500 ±$24,182 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: $60,645 ±$2,574
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $74,275 ±$475

3.1% ±2.6% (15  ±13) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 12.5% † 7,279 (±2% / ±1,175)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Kansas: 11.3% 322,842 (±0.2% / ±6,298)

22.4 minutes ±12.8 (4,950  ±1,935) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 17.5 466,475 (±0.7 / ±24,079)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.7 25,281,270 (±0.1 / ±223,485)

Families

234 ±59 Number of households
  • the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 25,592 ±459
  • Kansas: 1,174,060 ±4,246
2.1 ±0.2 (479  ±127) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 2.3 58,182 (±0 / ±146)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.4 2,860,505

9.2% ±10% (7  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 8.8% † 1,128 (±1.8% / ±230)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Kansas: 6% 40,213 (±0.2% / ±1,603)

Housing

237 ±59 Number of housing units
  • the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 28,274 ±120
  • Kansas: 1,293,635 ±880

$288,900 ±$35,690 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: $132,500 ±$11,485
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Kansas: $217,200 ±$1,343

9.3% ±5.7% (44  ±29.4) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 16.2% † 9,849 (±1.7% / ±1,051.2)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Kansas: 14.3% 415,368 (±0.3% / ±7,805.5)

Social

98.7% ±32.9% (393  ±82.2) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 90.4% 38,430 (±2.9% / ±1,257)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Kansas: 92% 1,789,971 (±0.5% / ±9,582.6)
33.2% ±6.3% (132  ±42.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 20.4% 8,670 (±1.4% / ±595.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 35.6% 693,081 (±0.3% / ±5,952.8)

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

0.6% ±1% (3  ±5) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 2.3% 1,382
  • about 10 percent of the rate in Kansas: 7.4% 216,817

6.4% ±3.2% (28  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hutchinson, KS Micro Area: 6.2% † 2,967 (±0.7% / ±323)
  • a little less than the rate in Kansas: 6.8% 151,597 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
28 Total veterans ±16 22 Male ±13 6 Female ±8

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