Colma vs Highlands

A side-by-side comparison of Colma and Highlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highlands has the higher population (2,535 vs 1,441 in Colma). Highlands has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $121,488 in Colma). Highlands has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $1,040,900 in Colma).

Population, income & housing

	Colma	Highlands
Population	1,441	2,535
Median age	42.2 yrs	45.1 yrs
Median household income	$121,488	$250,001
Median home value	$1,040,900	$2,000,001
Median gross rent	$2,152	$3,501
Housing units	571	866
Homeownership rate	47.0%	81.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.3%	75.8%
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Colma	Highlands
Population	1,302 → 1,441 (+10.7%)	2,985 → 2,535 (-15.1%)
Median household income	$95,357 → $121,488 (+27.4%)	$217,500 → $250,001 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$773,100 → $1,040,900 (+34.6%)	$1,846,600 → $2,000,001 (+8.3%)
Median gross rent	$2,229 → $2,152 (-3.5%)	$2,459 → $3,501 (+42.4%)

Colma

Population

1,3021,441

Median household income

$95,357$121,488

Median home value

$773,100$1,040,900

Median gross rent

$2,229$2,152

Highlands

Population

2,9852,535

Median household income

$217,500$250,001

Median home value

$1,846,600$2,000,001

Median gross rent

$2,459$3,501

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Colma	Highlands
Under 5	4.8%	5.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	15.8%
18 to 24	9.0%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	11.1%	11.5%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	10.8%	6.5%
75 and over	8.9%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Colma	Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	20.5%	53.4%
Black or African American	3.1%	2.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	25.1%	28.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.2%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	48.0%	8.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Colma	Highlands
No high school diploma	15.1%	1.6%
High school graduate	27.4%	2.8%
Some college or associate's	29.2%	19.7%
Bachelor's degree	22.7%	34.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	41.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Colma	Highlands
Drove alone	52.4%	52.4%
Carpooled	12.5%	4.6%
Public transit	9.6%	1.9%
Walked	2.1%	6.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	34.4%
Other means	1.1%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Colma	Highlands
1-unit, detached	28.4%	90.9%
1-unit, attached	30.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	23.8%	2.0%
5 to 19 units	5.4%	0.0%
20 or more units	9.5%	7.2%
Mobile home & other	2.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Colma	Highlands
Poverty rate	9.5%	4.6%
Average household size	3.00	2.97
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1988	1959