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Highland Lake, AL

503 Population
1.6 square miles 308.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

62.1 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 1.5 times the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 39.3 ±0.2
  • about 1.5 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,589 ±$9,738 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $40,359 ±$479
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Alabama: $36,087 ±$217
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$71,563 ±$29,191 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $71,498 ±$989
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Alabama: $63,999 ±$399
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.5% ±6.8% (53  ±38) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 13.8% 159,064 (±0.5% / ±5,436)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 15.6% 772,360 (±0.2% / ±9,870)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

37.1 minutes ±24 (5,970  ±2,609) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 27 13,005,760 (±0.3 / ±199,599)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Alabama: 25.5 51,818,964 (±0.2 / ±379,037)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

241 ±70 Number of households
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 465,003 ±2,429
  • Alabama: 1,997,247 ±6,490
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.2 (503  ±154) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 2.5 1,154,519 (±0 / ±477)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Alabama: 2.5 4,948,158
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

N/A Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year

Housing

324 ±91 Number of housing units
  • the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 526,287 ±252
  • Alabama: 2,337,265 ±430
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$285,500 ±$69,270 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: $240,200 ±$2,820
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Alabama: $209,900 ±$1,076
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

7.6% ±5.4% (38  ±29.7) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 11.6% 135,949 (±0.5% / ±5,329.9)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Alabama: 11.8% 591,202 (±0.2% / ±10,901.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.8% ±31.1% (388  ±76.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 90.4% 732,874 (±0.8% / ±6,702.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 88.6% 3,078,391 (±0.4% / ±14,060.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
29.7% ±7.6% (124  ±46.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 33.7% 273,474 (±0.5% / ±4,098.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Alabama: 28.4% 985,483 (±0.2% / ±8,202.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

2% ±2.3% (10  ±12) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 4.5% 53,481
  • about half the rate in Alabama: 4% 203,578
  • less than a fifth of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

12% ±6.7% (53  ±33) Population with veteran status
  • about double the rate in the Birmingham, AL Metro Area: 5.9% 53,996 (±0.2% / ±1,869)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Alabama: 7.7% 303,253 (±0.1% / ±4,702)
  • nearly double the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
53 Total veterans ±33 52 Male ±32 1 Female ±3

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