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Highland, KS

1,193 Population
0.5 square miles 2,270.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

20 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 39.3 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 36.9 ±0.1

Economics

$15,252 ±$2,075 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $26,679 ±$766
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $32,798 ±$198
$65,208 ±$16,964 Median household income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $53,298 ±$1,557
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Kansas: $61,091 ±$354

16.3% ±5.8% (84  ±34) Persons below poverty line
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.1% 16,416 (±1.2% / ±1,423)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Kansas: 11.4% 323,644 (±0.2% / ±6,562)

20.9 minutes ±1.7 (9,300  ±2,054) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 19.1 1,022,920 (±0.6 / ±36,786)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.6 26,381,875 (±0.1 / ±192,711)

Families

195 ±39 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 47,244 ±576
  • Kansas: 1,141,985 ±4,096
2.6 ±0.7 (514  ±99) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 116,828 (±0 / ±529)
  • a little higher than the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,832,911 (±0)

4.6% ±3.7% (18  ±15) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.3% † 1,628 (±0.9% / ±228)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Kansas: 5.9% 38,807 (±0.2% / ±1,591)

Housing

291 ±52 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 54,088 ±230
  • Kansas: 1,280,376 ±720

$91,100 ±$20,043 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $126,500 ±$4,162
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Kansas: $157,600 ±$869

40.7% ±8.8% (483  ±118.1) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 14.9% 18,423 (±1.2% / ±1,508.7)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 15.9% 458,079 (±0.3% / ±7,684.8)

Social

95.5% ±5% (357  ±63.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 89.5% 76,790 (±1.9% / ±1,604.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91.4% 1,746,617 (±0.5% / ±8,737.2)
31.3% ±9% (117  ±39) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 21.8% 18,740 (±1% / ±848.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Kansas: 33.9% 648,613 (±0.3% / ±5,509)

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

2.3% ±1.8% (27  ±22) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3% † 3,740 (±0.5% / ±567)
  • about one-third of the rate in Kansas: 7% 204,029 (±0.1% / ±3,184)

4.5% ±1.7% (48  ±19) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 8.9% 8,648 (±0.5% / ±523)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 7.9% 172,750 (±0.1% / ±2,402)
48 Total veterans ±19 46 Male ±19 2 Female ±3

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