Eagle Point vs Highland Lakes

A side-by-side comparison of Eagle Point and Highland Lakes: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highland Lakes has the higher population (5,673 vs 2,929 in Eagle Point). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($169,833 vs $146,125 in Eagle Point). Highland Lakes has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $463,300 in Eagle Point).

Population, income & housing

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
Population	2,929	5,673
Median age	45.6 yrs	45.5 yrs
Median household income	$146,125	$169,833
Median home value	$463,300	$562,600
Median gross rent	$2,269	—
Housing units	1,043	2,219
Homeownership rate	94.1%	99.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	64.0%	72.4%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
Population	2,745 → 2,929 (+6.7%)	5,519 → 5,673 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$139,625 → $146,125 (+4.7%)	$152,774 → $169,833 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$382,400 → $463,300 (+21.2%)	$443,000 → $562,600 (+27.0%)

Eagle Point

Population

2,7452,929

Median household income

$139,625$146,125

Median home value

$382,400$463,300

Highland Lakes

Population

5,5195,673

Median household income

$152,774$169,833

Median home value

$443,000$562,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
Under 5	3.1%	2.6%
5 to 17	20.5%	18.4%
18 to 24	11.7%	7.4%
25 to 34	3.0%	5.8%
35 to 44	10.6%	15.0%
45 to 54	18.1%	14.7%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.9%
65 to 74	7.1%	12.3%
75 and over	10.2%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
White (non-Hispanic)	77.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.1%	8.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	1.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
No high school diploma	1.9%	4.7%
High school graduate	16.2%	6.1%
Some college or associate's	17.9%	16.8%
Bachelor's degree	39.1%	48.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.9%	24.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
Drove alone	73.7%	74.6%
Carpooled	2.6%	3.6%
Public transit	1.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.6%	21.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
1-unit, detached	95.6%	99.2%
1-unit, attached	1.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.7%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Eagle Point	Highland Lakes
Poverty rate	3.9%	4.2%
Average household size	2.99	2.79
Mean commute (minutes)	30	30
Median year structure built	2001	2005