Atlantic Highlands vs Highlands

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

Atlantic Highlands and Highlands are places in New Jersey. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highlands has the higher population (4,575 vs 4,409 in Atlantic Highlands). Atlantic Highlands has the higher median household income ($125,438 vs $90,082 in Highlands). Atlantic Highlands has the higher median home value ($615,300 vs $394,800 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
Population	4,409	4,575
Median age	47.9 yrs	49.3 yrs
Median household income	$125,438	$90,082
Median home value	$615,300	$394,800
Median gross rent	$1,900	$1,848
Housing units	2,084	2,996
Homeownership rate	70.9%	64.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.4%	53.7%
Unemployment rate	4.3%	9.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
Population	4,309 → 4,409 (+2.3%)	4,768 → 4,575 (-4.0%)
Median household income	$100,048 → $125,438 (+25.4%)	$60,638 → $90,082 (+48.6%)
Median home value	$410,300 → $615,300 (+50.0%)	$291,000 → $394,800 (+35.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,403 → $1,900 (+35.4%)	$1,217 → $1,848 (+51.8%)

Atlantic Highlands

Population

4,3094,409

Median household income

$100,048$125,438

Median home value

$410,300$615,300

Median gross rent

$1,403$1,900

Highlands

Population

4,7684,575

Median household income

$60,638$90,082

Median home value

$291,000$394,800

Median gross rent

$1,217$1,848

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
Under 5	4.2%	4.7%
5 to 17	16.0%	9.6%
18 to 24	3.5%	1.9%
25 to 34	11.0%	18.3%
35 to 44	8.7%	11.7%
45 to 54	17.6%	8.3%
55 to 64	13.5%	20.2%
65 to 74	15.4%	13.0%
75 and over	10.0%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	81.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.2%	5.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.3%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.9%	6.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
No high school diploma	2.4%	9.3%
High school graduate	19.9%	18.6%
Some college or associate's	22.2%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	36.4%	27.4%
Graduate or professional degree	19.1%	26.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
Drove alone	54.4%	56.4%
Carpooled	2.2%	4.3%
Public transit	14.5%	10.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.6%
Worked from home	26.5%	22.8%
Other means	1.9%	4.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
1-unit, detached	65.0%	40.0%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	8.6%
2 to 4 units	8.5%	12.1%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	22.0%
20 or more units	17.5%	16.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Atlantic Highlands	Highlands
Poverty rate	4.3%	7.6%
Average household size	2.18	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	39	40
Median year structure built	1960	1975