Highland vs Yucaipa

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

Highland and Yucaipa 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 54,348 in Yucaipa). Yucaipa has the higher median household income ($92,401 vs $77,979 in Highland). Yucaipa has the higher median home value ($466,000 vs $455,200 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Yucaipa
Population	56,690	54,348
Median age	33.3 yrs	36.6 yrs
Median household income	$77,979	$92,401
Median home value	$455,200	$466,000
Median gross rent	$1,539	$1,661
Housing units	16,924	18,933
Homeownership rate	65.9%	72.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.8%	26.2%
Unemployment rate	5.6%	6.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Yucaipa
Population	55,049 → 56,690 (+3.0%)	53,416 → 54,348 (+1.7%)
Median household income	$64,868 → $77,979 (+20.2%)	$69,104 → $92,401 (+33.7%)
Median home value	$330,200 → $455,200 (+37.9%)	$327,400 → $466,000 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,083 → $1,539 (+42.1%)	$1,180 → $1,661 (+40.8%)

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

Yucaipa

Population

53,41654,348

Median household income

$69,104$92,401

Median home value

$327,400$466,000

Median gross rent

$1,180$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Yucaipa
Under 5	7.7%	6.7%
5 to 17	20.3%	19.2%
18 to 24	9.8%	9.0%
25 to 34	14.4%	13.5%
35 to 44	12.2%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	13.7%
55 to 64	10.6%	11.4%
65 to 74	7.2%	10.4%
75 and over	4.6%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Yucaipa
White (non-Hispanic)	23.7%	54.6%
Black or African American	5.4%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	8.4%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Some other race	0.6%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	59.2%	36.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Yucaipa
No high school diploma	21.5%	10.8%
High school graduate	30.4%	27.1%
Some college or associate's	25.4%	35.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.4%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	9.3%	11.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Yucaipa
Drove alone	80.1%	76.5%
Carpooled	9.9%	11.6%
Public transit	0.9%	0.0%
Walked	0.8%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	7.2%	9.7%
Other means	1.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Yucaipa
1-unit, detached	76.1%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	2.1%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	2.4%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	2.0%
20 or more units	8.7%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	7.0%	20.2%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Yucaipa
Poverty rate	16.7%	8.9%
Average household size	3.44	2.99
Mean commute (minutes)	30	32
Median year structure built	1982	1978