Highland vs St. John

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

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

Highland has the higher population (23,749 vs 21,639 in St. John). St. John has the higher median household income ($127,449 vs $76,219 in Highland). St. John has the higher median home value ($370,800 vs $219,500 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	St. John
Population	23,749	21,639
Median age	44.5 yrs	41.4 yrs
Median household income	$76,219	$127,449
Median home value	$219,500	$370,800
Median gross rent	$1,202	$971
Housing units	10,791	7,614
Homeownership rate	77.2%	98.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	42.9%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	St. John
Population	22,581 → 23,749 (+5.2%)	17,426 → 21,639 (+24.2%)
Median household income	$67,281 → $76,219 (+13.3%)	$105,852 → $127,449 (+20.4%)
Median home value	$161,100 → $219,500 (+36.3%)	$290,200 → $370,800 (+27.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,106 → $1,202 (+8.7%)	$908 → $971 (+6.9%)

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

St. John

Population

17,42621,639

Median household income

$105,852$127,449

Median home value

$290,200$370,800

Median gross rent

$908$971

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	St. John
Under 5	6.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.9%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.1%	8.0%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.0%
45 to 54	13.4%	15.2%
55 to 64	15.1%	12.3%
65 to 74	11.4%	11.9%
75 and over	9.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	St. John
White (non-Hispanic)	67.1%	80.5%
Black or African American	9.5%	2.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	2.1%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	2.1%
Two or more races	2.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	18.4%	10.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	St. John
No high school diploma	6.8%	5.3%
High school graduate	29.8%	22.6%
Some college or associate's	33.3%	29.2%
Bachelor's degree	19.5%	28.9%
Graduate or professional degree	10.6%	14.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	St. John
Drove alone	83.7%	80.5%
Carpooled	4.2%	4.4%
Public transit	2.5%	1.8%
Walked	0.2%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.9%	11.4%
Other means	2.2%	1.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	St. John
1-unit, detached	70.2%	84.7%
1-unit, attached	5.7%	12.7%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	14.2%	0.0%
20 or more units	5.6%	0.6%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.4%

Poverty & households

	Highland	St. John
Poverty rate	9.7%	2.3%
Average household size	2.30	2.87
Mean commute (minutes)	26	32
Median year structure built	1966	2002