Highlands Ranch vs The Pinery

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

Highlands Ranch and The Pinery 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 11,740 in The Pinery). The Pinery has the higher median household income ($173,889 vs $155,847 in Highlands Ranch). The Pinery has the higher median home value ($709,800 vs $672,600 in Highlands Ranch).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
Population	101,437	11,740
Median age	41.4 yrs	44.7 yrs
Median household income	$155,847	$173,889
Median home value	$672,600	$709,800
Median gross rent	$2,397	$3,115
Housing units	39,066	3,995
Homeownership rate	79.2%	96.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	66.8%	61.0%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
Population	105,631 → 101,437 (-4.0%)	10,806 → 11,740 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$125,454 → $155,847 (+24.2%)	$127,857 → $173,889 (+36.0%)
Median home value	$467,500 → $672,600 (+43.9%)	$503,300 → $709,800 (+41.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,922 → $2,397 (+24.7%)	$1,932 → $3,115 (+61.2%)

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

The Pinery

Population

10,80611,740

Median household income

$127,857$173,889

Median home value

$503,300$709,800

Median gross rent

$1,932$3,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
Under 5	4.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.8%	19.6%
18 to 24	7.6%	7.6%
25 to 34	9.4%	6.1%
35 to 44	14.4%	13.4%
45 to 54	17.2%	17.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	16.3%
65 to 74	8.0%	10.1%
75 and over	5.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	77.3%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	6.3%	7.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	3.9%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	9.1%	10.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
No high school diploma	1.1%	2.9%
High school graduate	8.8%	9.3%
Some college or associate's	23.2%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	41.4%	35.9%
Graduate or professional degree	25.5%	25.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
Drove alone	63.7%	63.3%
Carpooled	3.6%	6.1%
Public transit	1.2%	0.9%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	29.5%	28.9%
Other means	0.8%	0.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
1-unit, detached	75.6%	96.4%
1-unit, attached	6.9%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	2.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	8.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	6.1%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands Ranch	The Pinery
Poverty rate	2.4%	1.7%
Average household size	2.66	2.94
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1997	1995