Highlands vs Spring Lake Heights

A side-by-side comparison of Highlands and Spring Lake Heights: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Spring Lake Heights has the higher population (4,866 vs 4,575 in Highlands). Spring Lake Heights has the higher median household income ($102,829 vs $90,082 in Highlands). Spring Lake Heights has the higher median home value ($648,500 vs $394,800 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,575	4,866
Median age	49.3 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$90,082	$102,829
Median home value	$394,800	$648,500
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,817
Housing units	2,996	2,743
Homeownership rate	64.0%	60.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	57.2%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	4.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Population	4,768 → 4,575 (-4.0%)	4,564 → 4,866 (+6.6%)
Median household income	$60,638 → $90,082 (+48.6%)	$87,500 → $102,829 (+17.5%)
Median home value	$291,000 → $394,800 (+35.7%)	$492,300 → $648,500 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,848 (+51.8%)	$1,591 → $1,817 (+14.2%)

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

Spring Lake Heights

Population

4,5644,866

Median household income

$87,500$102,829

Median home value

$492,300$648,500

Median gross rent

$1,591$1,817

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Under 5	4.7%	5.5%
5 to 17	9.6%	10.3%
18 to 24	1.9%	9.1%
25 to 34	18.3%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.7%	13.7%
45 to 54	8.3%	5.7%
55 to 64	20.2%	19.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	13.3%
75 and over	12.3%	8.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	91.1%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.6%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
No high school diploma	9.3%	4.0%
High school graduate	18.6%	13.8%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	24.9%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	37.4%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Drove alone	56.4%	68.9%
Carpooled	4.3%	2.8%
Public transit	10.3%	5.2%
Walked	0.8%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.4%
Worked from home	22.8%	18.6%
Other means	4.7%	2.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
1-unit, detached	40.0%	44.3%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	21.4%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	16.7%	7.3%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Spring Lake Heights
Poverty rate	7.6%	4.2%
Average household size	1.75	2.06
Mean commute (minutes)	40	28
Median year structure built	1975	1973