Highland vs Sidney

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

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

Highland has the higher population (1,124 vs 152 in Sidney). Highland has the higher median household income ($51,250 vs $49,375 in Sidney). Sidney has the higher median home value ($113,900 vs $103,400 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Sidney
Population	1,124	152
Median age	41.8 yrs	34.7 yrs
Median household income	$51,250	$49,375
Median home value	$103,400	$113,900
Median gross rent	$706	—
Housing units	492	76
Homeownership rate	93.5%	97.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	9.8%	10.8%
Unemployment rate	4.8%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Sidney
Population	1,092 → 1,124 (+2.9%)	179 → 152 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$41,953 → $51,250 (+22.2%)	$26,736 → $49,375 (+84.7%)
Median home value	$94,300 → $103,400 (+9.7%)	$74,000 → $113,900 (+53.9%)
Median gross rent	$613 → $706 (+15.2%)	—

Highland

Population

1,0921,124

Median household income

$41,953$51,250

Median home value

$94,300$103,400

Median gross rent

$613$706

Sidney

Population

179152

Median household income

$26,736$49,375

Median home value

$74,000$113,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Sidney
Under 5	4.2%	8.6%
5 to 17	22.5%	21.1%
18 to 24	6.9%	9.2%
25 to 34	5.4%	11.8%
35 to 44	15.2%	13.2%
45 to 54	12.3%	5.9%
55 to 64	11.2%	9.2%
65 to 74	13.4%	13.8%
75 and over	8.8%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Sidney
White (non-Hispanic)	74.8%	98.0%
Black or African American	1.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	21.5%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Sidney
No high school diploma	10.2%	14.0%
High school graduate	47.2%	49.5%
Some college or associate's	32.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	9.7%
Graduate or professional degree	4.4%	1.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Sidney
Drove alone	76.3%	86.9%
Carpooled	17.2%	1.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	4.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Sidney
1-unit, detached	82.5%	75.0%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	17.1%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Sidney
Poverty rate	14.0%	12.5%
Average household size	3.05	3.38
Mean commute (minutes)	20	21
Median year structure built	1978	1978