Highland vs Schererville

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

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

Schererville has the higher population (29,627 vs 23,749 in Highland). Schererville has the higher median household income ($86,020 vs $76,219 in Highland). Schererville has the higher median home value ($294,600 vs $219,500 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Schererville
Population	23,749	29,627
Median age	44.5 yrs	44.2 yrs
Median household income	$76,219	$86,020
Median home value	$219,500	$294,600
Median gross rent	$1,202	$1,224
Housing units	10,791	12,398
Homeownership rate	77.2%	79.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	33.7%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	4.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Schererville
Population	22,581 → 23,749 (+5.2%)	28,590 → 29,627 (+3.6%)
Median household income	$67,281 → $76,219 (+13.3%)	$72,035 → $86,020 (+19.4%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,500 (+36.3%)	$222,400 → $294,600 (+32.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,202 (+8.7%)	$973 → $1,224 (+25.8%)

Highland

Population

22,58123,749

Median household income

$67,281$76,219

Median home value

$161,100$219,500

Median gross rent

$1,106$1,202

Schererville

Population

28,59029,627

Median household income

$72,035$86,020

Median home value

$222,400$294,600

Median gross rent

$973$1,224

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Schererville
Under 5	6.1%	4.9%
5 to 17	12.7%	14.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	6.7%
25 to 34	13.1%	11.7%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.4%	14.5%
55 to 64	15.1%	13.9%
65 to 74	11.4%	12.5%
75 and over	9.4%	7.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Schererville
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	69.6%
Black or African American	9.5%	8.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	3.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	15.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Schererville
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.1%
High school graduate	29.8%	28.1%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	34.1%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	23.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	10.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Schererville
Drove alone	83.7%	80.6%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.7%
Public transit	2.5%	2.0%
Walked	0.2%	1.6%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.1%
Worked from home	6.9%	10.2%
Other means	2.2%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Schererville
1-unit, detached	70.2%	58.6%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	19.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	7.7%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	11.5%
20 or more units	5.6%	2.8%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Schererville
Poverty rate	9.7%	8.0%
Average household size	2.30	2.46
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1966	1988