Evansville vs Highland

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

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

Evansville has the higher population (116,441 vs 5,188 in Highland). Highland has the higher median household income ($95,696 vs $52,251 in Evansville). Highland has the higher median home value ($216,800 vs $129,100 in Evansville).

Population, income & housing

	Evansville	Highland
Population	116,441	5,188
Median age	38.1 yrs	46.4 yrs
Median household income	$52,251	$95,696
Median home value	$129,100	$216,800
Median gross rent	$949	$1,694
Housing units	58,785	2,072
Homeownership rate	53.9%	91.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.3%	31.0%
Unemployment rate	5.3%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Evansville	Highland
Population	118,588 → 116,441 (-1.8%)	4,609 → 5,188 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$40,178 → $52,251 (+30.0%)	$74,357 → $95,696 (+28.7%)
Median home value	$94,200 → $129,100 (+37.0%)	$164,400 → $216,800 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$774 → $949 (+22.6%)	$1,094 → $1,694 (+54.8%)

Evansville

Population

118,588116,441

Median household income

$40,178$52,251

Median home value

$94,200$129,100

Median gross rent

$774$949

Highland

Population

4,6095,188

Median household income

$74,357$95,696

Median home value

$164,400$216,800

Median gross rent

$1,094$1,694

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Evansville	Highland
Under 5	6.0%	5.1%
5 to 17	15.6%	16.8%
18 to 24	9.4%	5.1%
25 to 34	14.9%	13.8%
35 to 44	12.7%	7.0%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.6%
55 to 64	13.0%	19.1%
65 to 74	10.2%	10.5%
75 and over	7.0%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Evansville	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	75.5%	90.7%
Black or African American	13.4%	4.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	0.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.4%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.8%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	4.0%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Evansville	Highland
No high school diploma	10.7%	3.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	32.2%
Some college or associate's	32.6%	33.5%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	17.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.1%	13.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Evansville	Highland
Drove alone	78.5%	87.7%
Carpooled	10.4%	5.2%
Public transit	1.0%	0.2%
Walked	3.1%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.5%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.2%	4.0%
Other means	1.2%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Evansville	Highland
1-unit, detached	64.0%	98.9%
1-unit, attached	2.8%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	10.2%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	14.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Evansville	Highland
Poverty rate	18.6%	4.2%
Average household size	2.15	2.61
Mean commute (minutes)	19	19
Median year structure built	1960	1985