Colton vs Highland

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

Colton 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 53,798 in Colton). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,979 vs $69,581 in Colton). Highland has the higher median home value ($455,200 vs $411,100 in Colton).

Population, income & housing

	Colton	Highland
Population	53,798	56,690
Median age	33.9 yrs	33.3 yrs
Median household income	$69,581	$77,979
Median home value	$411,100	$455,200
Median gross rent	$1,608	$1,539
Housing units	18,131	16,924
Homeownership rate	52.3%	65.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.7%	22.8%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colton	Highland
Population	54,580 → 53,798 (-1.4%)	55,049 → 56,690 (+3.0%)
Median household income	$53,838 → $69,581 (+29.2%)	$64,868 → $77,979 (+20.2%)
Median home value	$257,500 → $411,100 (+59.7%)	$330,200 → $455,200 (+37.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,189 → $1,608 (+35.2%)	$1,083 → $1,539 (+42.1%)

Colton

Population

54,58053,798

Median household income

$53,838$69,581

Median home value

$257,500$411,100

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,608

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)

	Colton	Highland
Under 5	5.4%	7.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	20.3%
18 to 24	11.0%	9.8%
25 to 34	17.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	12.2%
45 to 54	12.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	10.9%	10.6%
65 to 74	7.1%	7.2%
75 and over	3.8%	4.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colton	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	10.5%	23.7%
Black or African American	8.1%	5.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	8.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.9%	0.1%
Some other race	0.8%	0.6%
Two or more races	1.6%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	74.3%	59.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colton	Highland
No high school diploma	24.7%	21.5%
High school graduate	31.9%	30.4%
Some college or associate's	26.8%	25.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.7%	13.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.0%	9.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colton	Highland
Drove alone	76.5%	80.1%
Carpooled	10.8%	9.9%
Public transit	1.1%	0.9%
Walked	0.7%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.4%	7.2%
Other means	2.4%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colton	Highland
1-unit, detached	59.4%	76.1%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	2.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	2.4%
5 to 19 units	9.9%	3.7%
20 or more units	15.8%	8.7%
Mobile home & other	4.7%	7.0%

Poverty & households

	Colton	Highland
Poverty rate	15.3%	16.7%
Average household size	3.11	3.44
Mean commute (minutes)	29	30
Median year structure built	1979	1982