County Line vs Highland Lake

A side-by-side comparison of County Line and Highland Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

County Line and Highland Lake are places in Alabama. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland Lake has the higher population (516 vs 302 in County Line). County Line has the higher median household income ($70,625 vs $65,625 in Highland Lake). Highland Lake has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $88,900 in County Line).

Population, income & housing

	County Line	Highland Lake
Population	302	516
Median age	26.5 yrs	60.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,625	$65,625
Median home value	$88,900	$268,500
Median gross rent	—	$950
Housing units	123	323
Homeownership rate	99.1%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	5.4%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	County Line	Highland Lake
Population	256 → 302 (+18.0%)	416 → 516 (+24.0%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $70,625 (+52.7%)	$60,875 → $65,625 (+7.8%)
Median home value	$68,000 → $88,900 (+30.7%)	$225,000 → $268,500 (+19.3%)
Median gross rent	$463 → $1,036 (+123.8%)	$900 → $950 (+5.6%)

County Line

Population

256302

Median household income

$46,250$70,625

Median home value

$68,000$88,900

Median gross rent

$463$1,036

Highland Lake

Population

416516

Median household income

$60,875$65,625

Median home value

$225,000$268,500

Median gross rent

$900$950

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	County Line	Highland Lake
Under 5	7.9%	2.7%
5 to 17	6.3%	9.5%
18 to 24	6.0%	5.4%
25 to 34	37.4%	3.7%
35 to 44	3.0%	4.8%
45 to 54	13.2%	9.5%
55 to 64	8.3%	31.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	22.1%
75 and over	6.3%	11.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	County Line	Highland Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	97.4%	99.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.3%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	0.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.3%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	County Line	Highland Lake
No high school diploma	14.1%	11.3%
High school graduate	63.1%	28.2%
Some college or associate's	17.4%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	4.1%	20.2%
Graduate or professional degree	1.2%	10.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	County Line	Highland Lake
Drove alone	73.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	11.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.7%	7.2%
Other means	1.2%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	County Line	Highland Lake
1-unit, detached	64.2%	99.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	35.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	County Line	Highland Lake
Poverty rate	12.3%	10.3%
Average household size	2.77	2.10
Mean commute (minutes)	23	42
Median year structure built	2003	1979