Ellenville vs Highland

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

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

Highland has the higher population (6,321 vs 4,210 in Ellenville). Highland has the higher median household income ($99,010 vs $82,181 in Ellenville). Highland has the higher median home value ($364,000 vs $183,500 in Ellenville).

Population, income & housing

	Ellenville	Highland
Population	4,210	6,321
Median age	39.5 yrs	41.0 yrs
Median household income	$82,181	$99,010
Median home value	$183,500	$364,000
Median gross rent	$1,132	$1,569
Housing units	1,874	2,774
Homeownership rate	59.2%	63.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	23.1%	47.7%
Unemployment rate	3.9%	3.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ellenville	Highland
Population	4,032 → 4,210 (+4.4%)	5,707 → 6,321 (+10.8%)
Median household income	$47,472 → $82,181 (+73.1%)	$69,922 → $99,010 (+41.6%)
Median home value	$110,000 → $183,500 (+66.8%)	$226,100 → $364,000 (+61.0%)
Median gross rent	$867 → $1,132 (+30.6%)	$1,515 → $1,569 (+3.6%)

Ellenville

Population

4,0324,210

Median household income

$47,472$82,181

Median home value

$110,000$183,500

Median gross rent

$867$1,132

Highland

Population

5,7076,321

Median household income

$69,922$99,010

Median home value

$226,100$364,000

Median gross rent

$1,515$1,569

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ellenville	Highland
Under 5	2.7%	7.1%
5 to 17	22.9%	10.8%
18 to 24	10.0%	7.7%
25 to 34	10.1%	15.5%
35 to 44	11.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	14.0%	9.2%
55 to 64	10.8%	11.9%
65 to 74	13.5%	16.5%
75 and over	4.9%	8.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ellenville	Highland
White (non-Hispanic)	54.1%	64.7%
Black or African American	4.9%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	15.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	2.5%
Two or more races	0.4%	6.6%
Hispanic or Latino	40.6%	5.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ellenville	Highland
No high school diploma	14.6%	4.7%
High school graduate	26.7%	21.4%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	26.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	27.9%
Graduate or professional degree	8.7%	19.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ellenville	Highland
Drove alone	75.0%	68.3%
Carpooled	9.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	2.7%
Walked	9.1%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	2.3%
Worked from home	6.2%	14.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ellenville	Highland
1-unit, detached	51.5%	55.9%
1-unit, attached	3.7%	15.3%
2 to 4 units	41.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.5%
20 or more units	3.4%	7.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ellenville	Highland
Poverty rate	23.7%	7.9%
Average household size	2.58	2.33
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1954	1978