Williston vs Williston Highlands

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

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

Williston Highlands has the higher population (3,213 vs 3,055 in Williston). Williston Highlands has the higher median household income ($69,249 vs $59,776 in Williston). Williston has the higher median home value ($218,900 vs $187,400 in Williston Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Williston	Williston Highlands
Population	3,055	3,213
Median age	40.2 yrs	36.9 yrs
Median household income	$59,776	$69,249
Median home value	$218,900	$187,400
Median gross rent	$961	$640
Housing units	999	1,366
Homeownership rate	66.8%	80.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	12.6%
Unemployment rate	1.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Williston	Williston Highlands
Population	2,699 → 3,055 (+13.2%)	2,106 → 3,213 (+52.6%)
Median household income	$41,574 → $59,776 (+43.8%)	$39,032 → $69,249 (+77.4%)
Median home value	$120,500 → $218,900 (+81.7%)	$86,000 → $187,400 (+117.9%)
Median gross rent	$722 → $961 (+33.1%)	$752 → $640 (-14.9%)

Williston

Population

2,6993,055

Median household income

$41,574$59,776

Median home value

$120,500$218,900

Median gross rent

$722$961

Williston Highlands

Population

2,1063,213

Median household income

$39,032$69,249

Median home value

$86,000$187,400

Median gross rent

$752$640

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Williston	Williston Highlands
Under 5	5.6%	3.7%
5 to 17	18.0%	22.6%
18 to 24	8.4%	2.4%
25 to 34	14.6%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	17.0%
45 to 54	9.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	12.9%	9.5%
65 to 74	9.3%	13.0%
75 and over	9.9%	4.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Williston	Williston Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	58.1%	78.7%
Black or African American	28.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	4.3%
Hispanic or Latino	9.5%	17.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Williston	Williston Highlands
No high school diploma	11.5%	17.1%
High school graduate	39.3%	38.9%
Some college or associate's	29.8%	31.4%
Bachelor's degree	13.1%	10.4%
Graduate or professional degree	6.3%	2.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Williston	Williston Highlands
Drove alone	79.8%	75.5%
Carpooled	8.4%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	3.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.3%	12.8%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Williston	Williston Highlands
1-unit, detached	68.1%	43.4%
1-unit, attached	2.7%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	11.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	10.2%	56.6%

Poverty & households

	Williston	Williston Highlands
Poverty rate	16.3%	12.3%
Average household size	3.02	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1983	1993