Buhler vs The Highlands

A side-by-side comparison of Buhler and The Highlands: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Buhler has the higher population (1,311 vs 474 in The Highlands). The Highlands has the higher median household income ($83,229 vs $65,833 in Buhler). The Highlands has the higher median home value ($263,500 vs $126,000 in Buhler).

Population, income & housing

	Buhler	The Highlands
Population	1,311	474
Median age	36.3 yrs	56.4 yrs
Median household income	$65,833	$83,229
Median home value	$126,000	$263,500
Median gross rent	$798	—
Housing units	498	253
Homeownership rate	75.0%	91.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.5%	35.3%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	9.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Buhler	The Highlands
Population	1,111 → 1,311 (+18.0%)	380 → 474 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$56,136 → $65,833 (+17.3%)	$59,830 → $83,229 (+39.1%)
Median home value	$97,800 → $126,000 (+28.8%)	$213,800 → $263,500 (+23.2%)
Median gross rent	$663 → $798 (+20.4%)	—

Buhler

Population

1,1111,311

Median household income

$56,136$65,833

Median home value

$97,800$126,000

Median gross rent

$663$798

The Highlands

Population

380474

Median household income

$59,830$83,229

Median home value

$213,800$263,500

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Buhler	The Highlands
Under 5	7.0%	3.0%
5 to 17	24.0%	4.6%
18 to 24	8.1%	9.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	6.3%
35 to 44	10.9%	3.0%
45 to 54	6.8%	21.1%
55 to 64	7.7%	11.8%
65 to 74	9.3%	25.3%
75 and over	15.7%	15.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Buhler	The Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	85.9%	97.3%
Black or African American	2.1%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.9%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Buhler	The Highlands
No high school diploma	6.6%	1.0%
High school graduate	24.8%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	42.9%
Bachelor's degree	22.4%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	10.1%	16.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Buhler	The Highlands
Drove alone	83.0%	91.2%
Carpooled	3.8%	2.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.3%	5.5%
Other means	0.3%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Buhler	The Highlands
1-unit, detached	84.3%	85.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	8.3%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	4.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.2%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	2.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Buhler	The Highlands
Poverty rate	6.3%	2.3%
Average household size	2.82	1.90
Mean commute (minutes)	27	23
Median year structure built	1956	1997