Bendena vs Highland

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

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

Highland has the higher population (1,047 vs 140 in Bendena). Bendena has the higher median household income ($91,488 vs $77,500 in Highland). Bendena has the higher median home value ($182,700 vs $121,800 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Bendena	Highland
Population	140	1,047
Median age	31.6 yrs	20.7 yrs
Median household income	$91,488	$77,500
Median home value	$182,700	$121,800
Median gross rent	—	$578
Housing units	49	310
Homeownership rate	100.0%	78.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	41.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bendena	Highland
Population	134 → 140 (+4.5%)	1,152 → 1,047 (-9.1%)
Median household income	$48,854 → $91,488 (+87.3%)	$53,750 → $77,500 (+44.2%)
Median home value	$102,300 → $182,700 (+78.6%)	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)

Bendena

Population

134140

Median household income

$48,854$91,488

Median home value

$102,300$182,700

Highland

Population

1,1521,047

Median household income

$53,750$77,500

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$537$578

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bendena	Highland
Under 5	10.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	10.0%	2.0%
18 to 24	5.0%	58.8%
25 to 34	45.0%	3.1%
35 to 44	6.4%	3.1%
45 to 54	7.9%	3.6%
55 to 64	7.1%	4.1%
65 to 74	0.7%	10.5%
75 and over	7.9%	11.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bendena	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	69.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	19.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.4%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bendena	Highland
No high school diploma	0.0%	7.9%
High school graduate	45.7%	24.3%
Some college or associate's	14.3%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	26.7%	18.5%
Graduate or professional degree	13.3%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bendena	Highland
Drove alone	100.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	0.0%	1.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	16.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.6%
Other means	0.0%	2.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bendena	Highland
1-unit, detached	100.0%	80.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	13.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.3%

Poverty & households

	Bendena	Highland
Poverty rate	27.1%	8.6%
Average household size	2.86	2.09
Mean commute (minutes)	24	12
Median year structure built	1938	1956