Highland vs Troy

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

Highland and Troy 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 794 in Troy). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $50,900 in Troy). Highland has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $109,600 in Troy).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Troy
Population	1,047	794
Median age	20.7 yrs	44.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$50,900
Median home value	$121,800	$109,600
Median gross rent	$578	$814
Housing units	310	398
Homeownership rate	78.6%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	19.1%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Troy
Population	1,152 → 1,047 (-9.1%)	892 → 794 (-11.0%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,500 (+44.2%)	$45,781 → $50,900 (+11.2%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)	$96,300 → $109,600 (+13.8%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)	$660 → $814 (+23.3%)

Highland

Population

1,1521,047

Median household income

$53,750$77,500

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$537$578

Troy

Population

892794

Median household income

$45,781$50,900

Median home value

$96,300$109,600

Median gross rent

$660$814

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Troy
Under 5	3.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	2.0%	16.2%
18 to 24	58.8%	4.8%
25 to 34	3.1%	12.8%
35 to 44	3.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.6%	11.3%
55 to 64	4.1%	17.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.9%
75 and over	11.8%	11.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Troy
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	84.5%
Black or African American	19.6%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	10.1%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Troy
No high school diploma	7.9%	6.3%
High school graduate	24.3%	40.0%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	34.6%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	11.6%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Troy
Drove alone	72.5%	91.7%
Carpooled	1.9%	0.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.6%
Walked	16.2%	0.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	6.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Troy
1-unit, detached	80.0%	84.4%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	9.3%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	1.3%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Troy
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.2%
Average household size	2.09	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	12	21
Median year structure built	1956	1938