Haines City vs Highland City

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

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

Haines City has the higher population (31,156 vs 12,732 in Highland City). Highland City has the higher median household income ($88,628 vs $58,227 in Haines City). Highland City has the higher median home value ($301,600 vs $250,700 in Haines City).

Population, income & housing

	Haines City	Highland City
Population	31,156	12,732
Median age	37.3 yrs	38.5 yrs
Median household income	$58,227	$88,628
Median home value	$250,700	$301,600
Median gross rent	$1,216	$1,679
Housing units	12,796	4,776
Homeownership rate	67.9%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.5%	32.3%
Unemployment rate	4.6%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Haines City	Highland City
Population	24,164 → 31,156 (+28.9%)	10,602 → 12,732 (+20.1%)
Median household income	$44,279 → $58,227 (+31.5%)	$68,563 → $88,628 (+29.3%)
Median home value	$141,400 → $250,700 (+77.3%)	$167,300 → $301,600 (+80.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,024 → $1,216 (+18.8%)	$1,098 → $1,679 (+52.9%)

Haines City

Population

24,16431,156

Median household income

$44,279$58,227

Median home value

$141,400$250,700

Median gross rent

$1,024$1,216

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)

	Haines City	Highland City
Under 5	5.8%	4.9%
5 to 17	18.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	8.1%	6.4%
25 to 34	14.4%	12.7%
35 to 44	15.3%	17.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	13.1%
55 to 64	11.4%	12.7%
65 to 74	7.8%	9.5%
75 and over	7.2%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Haines City	Highland City
White (non-Hispanic)	26.3%	63.7%
Black or African American	24.6%	11.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	1.9%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	1.7%
Two or more races	1.0%	2.6%
Hispanic or Latino	45.4%	18.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Haines City	Highland City
No high school diploma	16.3%	9.2%
High school graduate	37.7%	26.0%
Some college or associate's	26.5%	32.5%
Bachelor's degree	13.9%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.6%	10.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Haines City	Highland City
Drove alone	82.6%	76.7%
Carpooled	5.2%	8.8%
Public transit	0.4%	1.5%
Walked	0.6%	0.4%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	12.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Haines City	Highland City
1-unit, detached	65.9%	84.3%
1-unit, attached	1.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	9.9%	1.3%
5 to 19 units	4.1%	3.3%
20 or more units	1.3%	2.7%
Mobile home & other	17.6%	8.0%

Poverty & households

	Haines City	Highland City
Poverty rate	16.9%	4.0%
Average household size	2.98	2.93
Mean commute (minutes)	35	29
Median year structure built	2000	1999