Highlands vs Wanamassa

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

Highlands and Wanamassa 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 4,344 in Wanamassa). Wanamassa has the higher median household income ($167,712 vs $90,082 in Highlands). Wanamassa has the higher median home value ($526,400 vs $394,800 in Highlands).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Wanamassa
Population	4,575	4,344
Median age	49.3 yrs	43.4 yrs
Median household income	$90,082	$167,712
Median home value	$394,800	$526,400
Median gross rent	$1,848	$1,836
Housing units	2,996	1,708
Homeownership rate	64.0%	88.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	53.7%	66.6%
Unemployment rate	9.6%	2.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Wanamassa
Population	4,768 → 4,575 (-4.0%)	4,630 → 4,344 (-6.2%)
Median household income	$60,638 → $90,082 (+48.6%)	$122,344 → $167,712 (+37.1%)
Median home value	$291,000 → $394,800 (+35.7%)	$372,100 → $526,400 (+41.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,217 → $1,848 (+51.8%)	$1,414 → $1,836 (+29.8%)

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

Wanamassa

Population

4,6304,344

Median household income

$122,344$167,712

Median home value

$372,100$526,400

Median gross rent

$1,414$1,836

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Wanamassa
Under 5	4.7%	4.7%
5 to 17	9.6%	18.9%
18 to 24	1.9%	6.6%
25 to 34	18.3%	10.9%
35 to 44	11.7%	10.9%
45 to 54	8.3%	18.9%
55 to 64	20.2%	15.5%
65 to 74	13.0%	7.8%
75 and over	12.3%	5.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Wanamassa
White (non-Hispanic)	81.0%	93.3%
Black or African American	2.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	5.6%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	6.6%	4.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Wanamassa
No high school diploma	9.3%	0.6%
High school graduate	18.6%	14.6%
Some college or associate's	18.3%	18.3%
Bachelor's degree	27.4%	38.5%
Graduate or professional degree	26.3%	28.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Wanamassa
Drove alone	56.4%	68.3%
Carpooled	4.3%	0.6%
Public transit	10.3%	1.4%
Walked	0.8%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.6%	0.0%
Worked from home	22.8%	26.4%
Other means	4.7%	3.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Wanamassa
1-unit, detached	40.0%	94.1%
1-unit, attached	8.6%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	12.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	22.0%	5.9%
20 or more units	16.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Wanamassa
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.5%
Average household size	1.75	2.67
Mean commute (minutes)	40	27
Median year structure built	1975	1955