Highland City vs Lakeland Highlands

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

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

Highland City has the higher population (12,732 vs 11,669 in Lakeland Highlands). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median household income ($106,012 vs $88,628 in Highland City). Lakeland Highlands has the higher median home value ($352,000 vs $301,600 in Highland City).

Population, income & housing

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
Population	12,732	11,669
Median age	38.5 yrs	46.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,628	$106,012
Median home value	$301,600	$352,000
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,817
Housing units	4,776	4,630
Homeownership rate	79.5%	81.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	42.7%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
Population	10,602 → 12,732 (+20.1%)	12,332 → 11,669 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$68,563 → $88,628 (+29.3%)	$92,955 → $106,012 (+14.0%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $301,600 (+80.3%)	$262,900 → $352,000 (+33.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,679 (+52.9%)	$1,570 → $1,817 (+15.7%)

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

Lakeland Highlands

Population

12,33211,669

Median household income

$92,955$106,012

Median home value

$262,900$352,000

Median gross rent

$1,570$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
Under 5	4.9%	3.2%
5 to 17	19.9%	20.4%
18 to 24	6.4%	6.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	7.3%
35 to 44	17.0%	10.4%
45 to 54	13.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	12.7%	16.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	13.2%
75 and over	3.7%	7.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	77.0%
Black or African American	11.2%	3.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.4%
Asian	1.8%	2.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	15.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
No high school diploma	9.2%	4.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	22.8%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	30.1%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	24.4%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	18.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
Drove alone	76.7%	74.7%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.1%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	12.2%	13.3%
Other means	0.4%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
1-unit, detached	84.3%	79.8%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	5.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.0%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	0.4%
20 or more units	2.7%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	7.9%

Poverty & households

	Highland City	Lakeland Highlands
Poverty rate	4.0%	3.7%
Average household size	2.93	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	29	24
Median year structure built	1999	1986