Highland City vs Medulla

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

Highland City and Medulla 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 11,712 in Medulla). Highland City has the higher median household income ($88,628 vs $72,604 in Medulla). Highland City has the higher median home value ($301,600 vs $288,400 in Medulla).

Population, income & housing

	Highland City	Medulla
Population	12,732	11,712
Median age	38.5 yrs	37.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,628	$72,604
Median home value	$301,600	$288,400
Median gross rent	$1,679	$1,227
Housing units	4,776	4,565
Homeownership rate	79.5%	64.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.3%	30.4%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland City	Medulla
Population	10,602 → 12,732 (+20.1%)	10,275 → 11,712 (+14.0%)
Median household income	$68,563 → $88,628 (+29.3%)	$51,541 → $72,604 (+40.9%)
Median home value	$167,300 → $301,600 (+80.3%)	$180,900 → $288,400 (+59.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,098 → $1,679 (+52.9%)	$1,045 → $1,227 (+17.4%)

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

Medulla

Population

10,27511,712

Median household income

$51,541$72,604

Median home value

$180,900$288,400

Median gross rent

$1,045$1,227

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland City	Medulla
Under 5	4.9%	3.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	18.6%
18 to 24	6.4%	9.8%
25 to 34	12.7%	15.8%
35 to 44	17.0%	9.8%
45 to 54	13.1%	16.0%
55 to 64	12.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.1%
75 and over	3.7%	5.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland City	Medulla
White (non-Hispanic)	63.7%	52.3%
Black or African American	11.2%	14.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	1.7%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	4.7%
Hispanic or Latino	18.9%	28.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland City	Medulla
No high school diploma	9.2%	9.4%
High school graduate	26.0%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	32.5%	33.3%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	8.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland City	Medulla
Drove alone	76.7%	74.4%
Carpooled	8.8%	10.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.5%
Worked from home	12.2%	12.7%
Other means	0.4%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland City	Medulla
1-unit, detached	84.3%	58.9%
1-unit, attached	0.5%	9.9%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	12.8%
5 to 19 units	3.3%	10.7%
20 or more units	2.7%	3.5%
Mobile home & other	8.0%	4.1%

Poverty & households

	Highland City	Medulla
Poverty rate	4.0%	6.5%
Average household size	2.93	2.69
Mean commute (minutes)	29	26
Median year structure built	1999	1996