Highlands Ranch vs Parker

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

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

Highlands Ranch has the higher population (101,437 vs 60,115 in Parker). Highlands Ranch has the higher median household income ($155,847 vs $129,342 in Parker). Highlands Ranch has the higher median home value ($672,600 vs $613,200 in Parker).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
Population	101,437	60,115
Median age	41.4 yrs	36.2 yrs
Median household income	$155,847	$129,342
Median home value	$672,600	$613,200
Median gross rent	$2,397	$1,973
Housing units	39,066	22,340
Homeownership rate	79.2%	72.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
Population	105,631 → 101,437 (-4.0%)	54,352 → 60,115 (+10.6%)
Median household income	$125,454 → $155,847 (+24.2%)	$110,934 → $129,342 (+16.6%)
Median home value	$467,500 → $672,600 (+43.9%)	$420,000 → $613,200 (+46.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,922 → $2,397 (+24.7%)	$1,610 → $1,973 (+22.5%)

Highlands Ranch

Population

105,631101,437

Median household income

$125,454$155,847

Median home value

$467,500$672,600

Median gross rent

$1,922$2,397

Parker

Population

54,35260,115

Median household income

$110,934$129,342

Median home value

$420,000$613,200

Median gross rent

$1,610$1,973

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
Under 5	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 17	19.8%	20.0%
18 to 24	7.6%	9.8%
25 to 34	9.4%	12.9%
35 to 44	14.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	17.2%	14.5%
55 to 64	13.3%	10.4%
65 to 74	8.0%	6.8%
75 and over	5.8%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	74.6%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	6.3%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.5%
Two or more races	3.9%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	13.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
No high school diploma	1.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	8.8%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	28.0%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	34.7%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
Drove alone	63.7%	66.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.5%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	24.5%
Other means	0.8%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
1-unit, detached	75.6%	69.5%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	4.7%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	13.8%
20 or more units	6.1%	10.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands Ranch	Parker
Poverty rate	2.4%	3.2%
Average household size	2.66	2.78
Mean commute (minutes)	25	26
Median year structure built	1997	2003