Highland-on-the-Lake vs Sloan

A side-by-side comparison of Highland-on-the-Lake and Sloan: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland-on-the-Lake and Sloan are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Sloan has the higher population (3,757 vs 3,701 in Highland-on-the-Lake). Highland-on-the-Lake has the higher median household income ($85,616 vs $69,954 in Sloan). Highland-on-the-Lake has the higher median home value ($168,400 vs $120,000 in Sloan).

Population, income & housing

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
Population	3,701	3,757
Median age	50.7 yrs	39.2 yrs
Median household income	$85,616	$69,954
Median home value	$168,400	$120,000
Median gross rent	$1,012	$1,081
Housing units	1,592	1,609
Homeownership rate	80.4%	75.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	19.4%	18.4%
Unemployment rate	2.7%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
Population	3,953 → 3,701 (-6.4%)	3,562 → 3,757 (+5.5%)
Median household income	$75,028 → $85,616 (+14.1%)	$48,825 → $69,954 (+43.3%)
Median home value	$138,100 → $168,400 (+21.9%)	$78,600 → $120,000 (+52.7%)
Median gross rent	$784 → $1,012 (+29.1%)	$647 → $1,081 (+67.1%)

Highland-on-the-Lake

Population

3,9533,701

Median household income

$75,028$85,616

Median home value

$138,100$168,400

Median gross rent

$784$1,012

Sloan

Population

3,5623,757

Median household income

$48,825$69,954

Median home value

$78,600$120,000

Median gross rent

$647$1,081

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
Under 5	3.8%	6.1%
5 to 17	6.2%	14.5%
18 to 24	4.7%	6.4%
25 to 34	13.2%	12.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	19.2%
45 to 54	16.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	25.0%	15.1%
65 to 74	12.1%	10.8%
75 and over	9.4%	3.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.5%	82.7%
Black or African American	1.6%	4.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.3%	7.4%
Hispanic or Latino	2.4%	2.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
No high school diploma	5.5%	10.0%
High school graduate	41.7%	33.6%
Some college or associate's	33.4%	38.0%
Bachelor's degree	13.0%	12.9%
Graduate or professional degree	6.4%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
Drove alone	85.2%	68.4%
Carpooled	8.4%	12.8%
Public transit	0.2%	1.1%
Walked	0.6%	3.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	13.4%
Other means	0.3%	0.8%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
1-unit, detached	73.2%	63.8%
1-unit, attached	10.6%	0.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	30.9%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	3.7%
20 or more units	1.8%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	1.8%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland-on-the-Lake	Sloan
Poverty rate	18.0%	12.6%
Average household size	2.41	2.40
Mean commute (minutes)	27	18
Median year structure built	1973	1947