Highwood vs Volo

A side-by-side comparison of Highwood and Volo: population, income, housing, and more.

Highwood and Volo are places in Illinois. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Volo has the higher population (6,398 vs 5,243 in Highwood). Volo has the higher median household income ($145,906 vs $101,862 in Highwood). Highwood has the higher median home value ($454,500 vs $293,800 in Volo).

Population, income & housing

	Highwood	Volo
Population	5,243	6,398
Median age	35.9 yrs	34.3 yrs
Median household income	$101,862	$145,906
Median home value	$454,500	$293,800
Median gross rent	$1,800	$2,229
Housing units	1,969	2,267
Homeownership rate	49.0%	81.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	38.1%	46.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highwood	Volo
Population	5,310 → 5,243 (-1.3%)	5,229 → 6,398 (+22.4%)
Median household income	$63,388 → $101,862 (+60.7%)	$92,500 → $145,906 (+57.7%)
Median home value	$354,800 → $454,500 (+28.1%)	$207,200 → $293,800 (+41.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,287 → $1,800 (+39.9%)	$1,600 → $2,229 (+39.3%)

Highwood

Population

5,3105,243

Median household income

$63,388$101,862

Median home value

$354,800$454,500

Median gross rent

$1,287$1,800

Volo

Population

5,2296,398

Median household income

$92,500$145,906

Median home value

$207,200$293,800

Median gross rent

$1,600$2,229

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highwood	Volo
Under 5	4.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	20.7%	22.5%
18 to 24	11.3%	4.2%
25 to 34	12.3%	18.5%
35 to 44	12.4%	16.5%
45 to 54	10.4%	16.1%
55 to 64	12.6%	4.1%
65 to 74	10.3%	7.2%
75 and over	5.1%	3.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highwood	Volo
White (non-Hispanic)	53.1%	81.6%
Black or African American	2.5%	3.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.5%	6.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.3%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	6.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highwood	Volo
No high school diploma	20.5%	5.3%
High school graduate	18.7%	14.9%
Some college or associate's	22.8%	33.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	34.6%
Graduate or professional degree	19.0%	12.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highwood	Volo
Drove alone	62.9%	76.5%
Carpooled	17.7%	3.1%
Public transit	4.6%	1.2%
Walked	1.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highwood	Volo
1-unit, detached	43.8%	57.8%
1-unit, attached	5.0%	40.1%
2 to 4 units	23.6%	1.6%
5 to 19 units	14.7%	0.0%
20 or more units	12.5%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highwood	Volo
Poverty rate	15.8%	1.9%
Average household size	2.66	2.84
Mean commute (minutes)	31	32
Median year structure built	1958	2009