Highland vs Wathena

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

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

Wathena has the higher population (1,463 vs 1,047 in Highland). Wathena has the higher median household income ($84,531 vs $77,500 in Highland). Wathena has the higher median home value ($154,800 vs $121,800 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Wathena
Population	1,047	1,463
Median age	20.7 yrs	48.7 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$84,531
Median home value	$121,800	$154,800
Median gross rent	$578	$794
Housing units	310	659
Homeownership rate	78.6%	85.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	19.0%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	0.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Wathena
Population	1,152 → 1,047 (-9.1%)	1,547 → 1,463 (-5.4%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,500 (+44.2%)	$54,423 → $84,531 (+55.3%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)	$107,300 → $154,800 (+44.3%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)	$710 → $794 (+11.8%)

Highland

Population

1,1521,047

Median household income

$53,750$77,500

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$537$578

Wathena

Population

1,5471,463

Median household income

$54,423$84,531

Median home value

$107,300$154,800

Median gross rent

$710$794

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Wathena
Under 5	3.0%	3.1%
5 to 17	2.0%	15.2%
18 to 24	58.8%	3.8%
25 to 34	3.1%	10.7%
35 to 44	3.1%	13.1%
45 to 54	3.6%	19.1%
55 to 64	4.1%	21.6%
65 to 74	10.5%	7.7%
75 and over	11.8%	5.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Wathena
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	95.6%
Black or African American	19.6%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
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%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	0.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Wathena
No high school diploma	7.9%	2.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	37.4%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	41.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	11.2%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	7.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Wathena
Drove alone	72.5%	87.4%
Carpooled	1.9%	7.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	4.8%
Other means	2.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Wathena
1-unit, detached	80.0%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	5.3%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	2.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	2.7%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Wathena
Poverty rate	8.6%	7.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	12	20
Median year structure built	1956	1973