Highland Lake vs Nectar

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

Highland Lake and Nectar 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 474 in Nectar). Highland Lake has the higher median household income ($65,625 vs $46,000 in Nectar). Highland Lake has the higher median home value ($268,500 vs $156,900 in Nectar).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lake	Nectar
Population	516	474
Median age	60.0 yrs	35.5 yrs
Median household income	$65,625	$46,000
Median home value	$268,500	$156,900
Median gross rent	$950	$1,075
Housing units	323	177
Homeownership rate	89.0%	76.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.4%	3.8%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	8.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lake	Nectar
Population	416 → 516 (+24.0%)	376 → 474 (+26.1%)
Median household income	$60,875 → $65,625 (+7.8%)	$45,750 → $46,000 (+0.5%)
Median home value	$225,000 → $268,500 (+19.3%)	$115,600 → $156,900 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$900 → $950 (+5.6%)	$682 → $1,075 (+57.6%)

Highland Lake

Population

416516

Median household income

$60,875$65,625

Median home value

$225,000$268,500

Median gross rent

$900$950

Nectar

Population

376474

Median household income

$45,750$46,000

Median home value

$115,600$156,900

Median gross rent

$682$1,075

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Lake	Nectar
Under 5	2.7%	16.0%
5 to 17	9.5%	16.5%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	3.7%	11.0%
35 to 44	4.8%	6.1%
45 to 54	9.5%	13.9%
55 to 64	31.0%	12.2%
65 to 74	22.1%	9.7%
75 and over	11.2%	8.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lake	Nectar
White (non-Hispanic)	99.4%	69.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.6%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	28.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lake	Nectar
No high school diploma	11.3%	12.8%
High school graduate	28.2%	51.9%
Some college or associate's	30.1%	31.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.2%	1.7%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lake	Nectar
Drove alone	80.1%	65.0%
Carpooled	11.3%	28.2%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.2%	5.1%
Other means	1.4%	1.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lake	Nectar
1-unit, detached	99.1%	72.3%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.6%
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	0.0%	27.1%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lake	Nectar
Poverty rate	10.3%	13.7%
Average household size	2.10	3.00
Mean commute (minutes)	42	35
Median year structure built	1979	1983