Highland Lakes vs Meadowbrook

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

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

Meadowbrook has the higher population (8,939 vs 5,673 in Highland Lakes). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($169,833 vs $145,464 in Meadowbrook). Highland Lakes has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $390,100 in Meadowbrook).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
Population	5,673	8,939
Median age	45.5 yrs	42.2 yrs
Median household income	$169,833	$145,464
Median home value	$562,600	$390,100
Median gross rent	—	$1,276
Housing units	2,219	3,625
Homeownership rate	99.1%	90.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	72.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
Population	5,519 → 5,673 (+2.8%)	9,468 → 8,939 (-5.6%)
Median household income	$152,774 → $169,833 (+11.2%)	$109,650 → $145,464 (+32.7%)
Median home value	$443,000 → $562,600 (+27.0%)	$299,200 → $390,100 (+30.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,406 → $1,276 (-9.2%)

Highland Lakes

Population

5,5195,673

Median household income

$152,774$169,833

Median home value

$443,000$562,600

Meadowbrook

Population

9,4688,939

Median household income

$109,650$145,464

Median home value

$299,200$390,100

Median gross rent

$1,406$1,276

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
Under 5	2.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	18.4%	18.2%
18 to 24	7.4%	7.1%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.2%
35 to 44	15.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	14.7%	16.3%
55 to 64	17.9%	14.4%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.8%
75 and over	5.9%	3.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	80.3%
Black or African American	8.7%	10.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	5.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	2.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
No high school diploma	4.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	6.1%	9.7%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	17.1%
Bachelor's degree	48.1%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	28.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
Drove alone	74.6%	76.5%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	20.0%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
1-unit, detached	99.2%	80.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	15.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lakes	Meadowbrook
Poverty rate	4.2%	6.6%
Average household size	2.79	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	30	26
Median year structure built	2005	1987