Bartow vs Highland City

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

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

Bartow has the higher population (19,801 vs 12,732 in Highland City). Highland City has the higher median household income ($88,628 vs $66,944 in Bartow). Highland City has the higher median home value ($301,600 vs $210,400 in Bartow).

Population, income & housing

	Bartow	Highland City
Population	19,801	12,732
Median age	36.1 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$66,944	$88,628
Median home value	$210,400	$301,600
Median gross rent	$1,073	$1,679
Housing units	7,635	4,776
Homeownership rate	66.4%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bartow	Highland City
Population	19,440 → 19,801 (+1.9%)	10,602 → 12,732 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$47,779 → $66,944 (+40.1%)	$68,563 → $88,628 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$137,100 → $210,400 (+53.5%)	$167,300 → $301,600 (+80.3%)
Median gross rent	$841 → $1,073 (+27.6%)	$1,098 → $1,679 (+52.9%)

Bartow

Population

19,44019,801

Median household income

$47,779$66,944

Median home value

$137,100$210,400

Median gross rent

$841$1,073

Highland City

Population

10,60212,732

Median household income

$68,563$88,628

Median home value

$167,300$301,600

Median gross rent

$1,098$1,679

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bartow	Highland City
Under 5	6.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	14.6%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.6%	6.4%
25 to 34	17.7%	12.7%
35 to 44	12.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.9%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.3%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.1%	9.5%
75 and over	7.3%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bartow	Highland City
White (non-Hispanic)	55.3%	63.7%
Black or African American	22.3%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.8%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	1.7%
Two or more races	3.3%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	16.0%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bartow	Highland City
No high school diploma	9.8%	9.2%
High school graduate	35.2%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	32.7%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.7%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	6.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bartow	Highland City
Drove alone	79.9%	76.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	8.8%
Public transit	0.0%	1.5%
Walked	1.5%	0.4%
Bicycle	1.1%	0.0%
Worked from home	7.6%	12.2%
Other means	1.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bartow	Highland City
1-unit, detached	73.6%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.6%	3.3%
20 or more units	5.0%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	6.3%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Bartow	Highland City
Poverty rate	16.5%	4.0%
Average household size	2.70	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	25	29
Median year structure built	1976	1999