Bellevue vs Highland Heights

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

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

Highland Heights has the higher population (6,531 vs 5,598 in Bellevue). Bellevue has the higher median household income ($67,143 vs $52,437 in Highland Heights). Bellevue has the higher median home value ($186,200 vs $148,600 in Highland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
Population	5,598	6,531
Median age	34.9 yrs	29.7 yrs
Median household income	$67,143	$52,437
Median home value	$186,200	$148,600
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,101
Housing units	2,915	2,933
Homeownership rate	68.3%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	43.0%	40.2%
Unemployment rate	2.4%	2.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
Population	5,804 → 5,598 (-3.5%)	7,149 → 6,531 (-8.6%)
Median household income	$63,415 → $67,143 (+5.9%)	$46,979 → $52,437 (+11.6%)
Median home value	$136,400 → $186,200 (+36.5%)	$108,900 → $148,600 (+36.5%)
Median gross rent	$794 → $1,124 (+41.6%)	$921 → $1,101 (+19.5%)

Bellevue

Population

5,8045,598

Median household income

$63,415$67,143

Median home value

$136,400$186,200

Median gross rent

$794$1,124

Highland Heights

Population

7,1496,531

Median household income

$46,979$52,437

Median home value

$108,900$148,600

Median gross rent

$921$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
Under 5	7.4%	2.1%
5 to 17	9.2%	10.9%
18 to 24	7.0%	30.7%
25 to 34	26.7%	13.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	9.4%
45 to 54	9.6%	8.2%
55 to 64	12.5%	9.9%
65 to 74	9.4%	7.7%
75 and over	5.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	90.1%	88.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	3.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.6%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	3.5%
Hispanic or Latino	4.5%	0.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
No high school diploma	4.9%	6.6%
High school graduate	29.5%	29.1%
Some college or associate's	22.6%	24.2%
Bachelor's degree	30.7%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	12.3%	12.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
Drove alone	74.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.6%	9.7%
Public transit	2.3%	0.0%
Walked	2.0%	7.1%
Bicycle	0.8%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.8%	12.3%
Other means	0.3%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
1-unit, detached	68.7%	45.4%
1-unit, attached	1.8%	1.1%
2 to 4 units	18.3%	2.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	39.6%
20 or more units	4.8%	11.8%
Mobile home & other	1.4%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bellevue	Highland Heights
Poverty rate	13.4%	18.5%
Average household size	2.06	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	18	17
Median year structure built	1938	1985