Apple Valley vs Highland

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

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

Apple Valley has the higher population (75,478 vs 56,690 in Highland). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,979 vs $65,926 in Apple Valley). Highland has the higher median home value ($455,200 vs $377,300 in Apple Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Apple Valley	Highland
Population	75,478	56,690
Median age	35.5 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$65,926	$77,979
Median home value	$377,300	$455,200
Median gross rent	$1,373	$1,539
Housing units	25,748	16,924
Homeownership rate	69.3%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	8.8%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Apple Valley	Highland
Population	72,726 → 75,478 (+3.8%)	55,049 → 56,690 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$54,527 → $65,926 (+20.9%)	$64,868 → $77,979 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$255,000 → $377,300 (+48.0%)	$330,200 → $455,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,060 → $1,373 (+29.5%)	$1,083 → $1,539 (+42.1%)

Apple Valley

Population

72,72675,478

Median household income

$54,527$65,926

Median home value

$255,000$377,300

Median gross rent

$1,060$1,373

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)

	Apple Valley	Highland
Under 5	7.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.8%	20.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	11.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	10.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	9.8%	7.2%
75 and over	7.2%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Apple Valley	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	44.2%	23.7%
Black or African American	7.2%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	3.3%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.1%
Some other race	0.5%	0.6%
Two or more races	4.9%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	39.3%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Apple Valley	Highland
No high school diploma	13.0%	21.5%
High school graduate	28.8%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	38.7%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	11.2%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Apple Valley	Highland
Drove alone	76.3%	80.1%
Carpooled	12.5%	9.9%
Public transit	0.4%	0.9%
Walked	0.6%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.6%	7.2%
Other means	1.6%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Apple Valley	Highland
1-unit, detached	77.6%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	5.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Apple Valley	Highland
Poverty rate	17.2%	16.7%
Average household size	3.03	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	41	30
Median year structure built	1987	1982