Highland vs St. Wendel

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

Highland and St. Wendel 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 (5,188 vs 1,120 in St. Wendel). Highland has the higher median household income ($95,696 vs $83,182 in St. Wendel). St. Wendel has the higher median home value ($267,900 vs $216,800 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	St. Wendel
Population	5,188	1,120
Median age	46.4 yrs	35.8 yrs
Median household income	$95,696	$83,182
Median home value	$216,800	$267,900
Median gross rent	$1,694	—
Housing units	2,072	418
Homeownership rate	91.5%	95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.0%	20.6%
Unemployment rate	2.3%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	St. Wendel
Population	4,609 → 5,188 (+12.6%)	893 → 1,120 (+25.4%)
Median household income	$74,357 → $95,696 (+28.7%)	$70,560 → $83,182 (+17.9%)
Median home value	$164,400 → $216,800 (+31.9%)	$263,300 → $267,900 (+1.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,094 → $1,694 (+54.8%)	—

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

St. Wendel

Population

8931,120

Median household income

$70,560$83,182

Median home value

$263,300$267,900

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	St. Wendel
Under 5	5.1%	8.1%
5 to 17	16.8%	24.0%
18 to 24	5.1%	3.8%
25 to 34	13.8%	12.4%
35 to 44	7.0%	14.8%
45 to 54	12.6%	19.7%
55 to 64	19.1%	8.9%
65 to 74	10.5%	4.8%
75 and over	9.8%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	St. Wendel
White (non-Hispanic)	90.7%	84.2%
Black or African American	4.8%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.3%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.9%	11.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.3%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	St. Wendel
No high school diploma	3.4%	3.9%
High school graduate	32.2%	25.7%
Some college or associate's	33.5%	49.8%
Bachelor's degree	17.6%	12.1%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	8.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	St. Wendel
Drove alone	87.7%	75.2%
Carpooled	5.2%	15.1%
Public transit	0.2%	3.5%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	5.6%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	St. Wendel
1-unit, detached	98.9%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland	St. Wendel
Poverty rate	4.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.61	2.68
Mean commute (minutes)	19	24
Median year structure built	1985	1970