Highland vs White Cloud

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

Highland and White Cloud 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 136 in White Cloud). Highland has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $35,417 in White Cloud). Highland has the higher median home value ($121,800 vs $56,300 in White Cloud).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	White Cloud
Population	1,047	136
Median age	20.7 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$35,417
Median home value	$121,800	$56,300
Median gross rent	$578	$525
Housing units	310	109
Homeownership rate	78.6%	47.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	41.4%	12.2%
Unemployment rate	2.1%	17.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	White Cloud
Population	1,152 → 1,047 (-9.1%)	116 → 136 (+17.2%)
Median household income	$53,750 → $77,500 (+44.2%)	$25,625 → $35,417 (+38.2%)
Median home value	$77,100 → $121,800 (+58.0%)	$57,000 → $56,300 (-1.2%)
Median gross rent	$537 → $578 (+7.6%)	$398 → $525 (+31.9%)

Highland

Population

1,1521,047

Median household income

$53,750$77,500

Median home value

$77,100$121,800

Median gross rent

$537$578

White Cloud

Population

116136

Median household income

$25,625$35,417

Median home value

$57,000$56,300

Median gross rent

$398$525

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	White Cloud
Under 5	3.0%	15.4%
5 to 17	2.0%	13.2%
18 to 24	58.8%	11.0%
25 to 34	3.1%	6.6%
35 to 44	3.1%	12.5%
45 to 54	3.6%	13.2%
55 to 64	4.1%	10.3%
65 to 74	10.5%	11.8%
75 and over	11.8%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	White Cloud
White (non-Hispanic)	69.7%	76.5%
Black or African American	19.6%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	13.2%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	1.5%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.4%	3.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.7%	3.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	White Cloud
No high school diploma	7.9%	17.1%
High school graduate	24.3%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	43.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.5%	2.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	White Cloud
Drove alone	72.5%	94.2%
Carpooled	1.9%	5.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	16.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	6.6%	0.0%
Other means	2.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	White Cloud
1-unit, detached	80.0%	48.6%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	3.5%	45.0%
5 to 19 units	13.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.3%	6.4%

Poverty & households

	Highland	White Cloud
Poverty rate	8.6%	18.4%
Average household size	2.09	2.57
Mean commute (minutes)	12	16
Median year structure built	1956	1981