Adelanto vs Highland

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

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

Highland has the higher population (56,690 vs 38,010 in Adelanto). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,979 vs $68,419 in Adelanto). Highland has the higher median home value ($455,200 vs $318,300 in Adelanto).

Population, income & housing

	Adelanto	Highland
Population	38,010	56,690
Median age	28.8 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$68,419	$77,979
Median home value	$318,300	$455,200
Median gross rent	$1,389	$1,539
Housing units	9,756	16,924
Homeownership rate	60.6%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	7.8%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	11.6%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Adelanto	Highland
Population	33,660 → 38,010 (+12.9%)	55,049 → 56,690 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$45,380 → $68,419 (+50.8%)	$64,868 → $77,979 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$195,800 → $318,300 (+62.6%)	$330,200 → $455,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,169 → $1,389 (+18.8%)	$1,083 → $1,539 (+42.1%)

Adelanto

Population

33,66038,010

Median household income

$45,380$68,419

Median home value

$195,800$318,300

Median gross rent

$1,169$1,389

Highland

Population

55,04956,690

Median household income

$64,868$77,979

Median home value

$330,200$455,200

Median gross rent

$1,083$1,539

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Adelanto	Highland
Under 5	7.2%	7.7%
5 to 17	26.4%	20.3%
18 to 24	10.1%	9.8%
25 to 34	15.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	8.3%	10.6%
65 to 74	5.1%	7.2%
75 and over	2.5%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Adelanto	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	9.2%	23.7%
Black or African American	15.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.4%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	68.6%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Adelanto	Highland
No high school diploma	26.5%	21.5%
High school graduate	33.5%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	32.1%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	5.4%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	2.4%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Adelanto	Highland
Drove alone	79.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.6%	0.9%
Walked	0.4%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.5%	7.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Adelanto	Highland
1-unit, detached	81.2%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	6.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	2.6%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	3.0%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Adelanto	Highland
Poverty rate	16.4%	16.7%
Average household size	3.89	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	46	30
Median year structure built	1997	1982