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Highland, KS

1,152 Population
0.5 square miles 2,192.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

19.9 ±0.4 Median age
  • about half the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 38.9 ±0.4
  • about half the figure in Kansas: 36.7 ±0.2

Economics

$14,938 ±$1,995 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $26,109 ±$537
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $31,814 ±$218
$53,750 ±$13,775 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $52,810 ±$1,315
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Kansas: $59,597 ±$337

15.7% ±5.5% (75  ±31) Persons below poverty line
  • a little higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.2% 17,927 (±1.2% / ±1,431)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Kansas: 12% 337,739 (±0.2% / ±5,822)

21.4 minutes ±3.7 (10,095  ±2,736) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 18.6 1,028,880 (±0.5 / ±30,296)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Kansas: 19.4 26,562,375 (±0.1 / ±168,786)

Families

205 ±36 Number of households
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 47,117 ±636
  • Kansas: 1,129,227 ±4,275
2.3 ±0.3 (479  ±103) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 2.5 117,714 (±0 / ±428)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Kansas: 2.5 2,830,428 (±0)

3.5% ±2.9% (13  ±11) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 6.2% † 1,636 (±1% / ±262)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Kansas: 5.8% 38,563 (±0.2% / ±1,213)

Housing

269 ±48 Number of housing units
  • the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 53,996 ±167
  • Kansas: 1,273,297 ±545

$77,100 ±$17,466 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: $123,100 ±$2,607
  • about half the amount in Kansas: $151,900 ±$682

43.8% ±9.2% (502  ±118) Moved since previous year
  • more than double the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 15.5% 19,312 (±1.2% / ±1,438.6)
  • more than double the rate in Kansas: 16.2% 466,908 (±0.3% / ±7,541.9)

Social

95.6% ±25.1% (324  ±57.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 88.8% 77,222 (±1.5% / ±1,359)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 91% 1,730,153 (±0.4% / ±7,694)
34.8% ±6.9% (118  ±32.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 20.9% 18,136 (±0.8% / ±684.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Kansas: 33.4% 635,070 (±0.3% / ±4,816.1)

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

1.1% ±1.4% (13  ±16) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 3.1% † 3,946 (±0.4% / ±550)
  • less than a fifth of the rate in Kansas: 7.1% 207,845 (±0.1% / ±3,367)

3.6% ±1.5% (38  ±16) Population with veteran status
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the St. Joseph, MO-KS Metro Area: 9.1% 8,907 (±0.5% / ±513)
  • about half the rate in Kansas: 8.1% 176,444 (±0.1% / ±2,086)
38 Total veterans ±16 36 Male ±16 2 Female ±3

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