Highland Lakes vs Montevallo

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

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

Montevallo has the higher population (7,429 vs 5,673 in Highland Lakes). Highland Lakes has the higher median household income ($169,833 vs $54,665 in Montevallo). Highland Lakes has the higher median home value ($562,600 vs $210,400 in Montevallo).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
Population	5,673	7,429
Median age	45.5 yrs	26.4 yrs
Median household income	$169,833	$54,665
Median home value	$562,600	$210,400
Median gross rent	—	$906
Housing units	2,219	2,683
Homeownership rate	99.1%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	72.4%	30.9%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	8.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
Population	5,519 → 5,673 (+2.8%)	6,693 → 7,429 (+11.0%)
Median household income	$152,774 → $169,833 (+11.2%)	$49,650 → $54,665 (+10.1%)
Median home value	$443,000 → $562,600 (+27.0%)	$160,300 → $210,400 (+31.3%)
Median gross rent	—	$743 → $906 (+21.9%)

Highland Lakes

Population

5,5195,673

Median household income

$152,774$169,833

Median home value

$443,000$562,600

Montevallo

Population

6,6937,429

Median household income

$49,650$54,665

Median home value

$160,300$210,400

Median gross rent

$743$906

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
Under 5	2.6%	3.8%
5 to 17	18.4%	12.7%
18 to 24	7.4%	31.0%
25 to 34	5.8%	10.5%
35 to 44	15.0%	8.0%
45 to 54	14.7%	9.5%
55 to 64	17.9%	8.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	63.3%
Black or African American	8.7%	25.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.3%	2.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.1%
Two or more races	5.7%	2.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.9%	6.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
No high school diploma	4.7%	9.5%
High school graduate	6.1%	26.3%
Some college or associate's	16.8%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	48.1%	20.5%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
Drove alone	74.6%	72.6%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	7.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.2%	12.6%
Other means	0.6%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
1-unit, detached	99.2%	74.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	0.8%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Highland Lakes	Montevallo
Poverty rate	4.2%	15.2%
Average household size	2.79	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	30	27
Median year structure built	2005	1992