Highland Heights vs Pepper Pike

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Heights and Pepper Pike: population, income, housing, and more.

Highland Heights and Pepper Pike are places in Ohio. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Highland Heights has the higher population (8,619 vs 6,807 in Pepper Pike). Pepper Pike has the higher median household income ($215,373 vs $117,820 in Highland Heights). Pepper Pike has the higher median home value ($558,300 vs $342,400 in Highland Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
Population	8,619	6,807
Median age	44.6 yrs	47.6 yrs
Median household income	$117,820	$215,373
Median home value	$342,400	$558,300
Median gross rent	$1,665	—
Housing units	3,595	2,695
Homeownership rate	95.6%	95.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	57.0%	80.9%
Unemployment rate	3.8%	1.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
Population	8,390 → 8,619 (+2.7%)	6,269 → 6,807 (+8.6%)
Median household income	$109,818 → $117,820 (+7.3%)	$190,682 → $215,373 (+12.9%)
Median home value	$280,700 → $342,400 (+22.0%)	$440,600 → $558,300 (+26.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,500 → $1,665 (+11.0%)	—

Highland Heights

Population

8,3908,619

Median household income

$109,818$117,820

Median home value

$280,700$342,400

Median gross rent

$1,500$1,665

Pepper Pike

Population

6,2696,807

Median household income

$190,682$215,373

Median home value

$440,600$558,300

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
Under 5	4.0%	4.1%
5 to 17	19.6%	18.4%
18 to 24	3.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	6.5%	5.0%
35 to 44	16.6%	12.3%
45 to 54	8.7%	12.2%
55 to 64	14.0%	16.8%
65 to 74	15.8%	12.8%
75 and over	10.9%	10.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
White (non-Hispanic)	84.9%	73.0%
Black or African American	2.4%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.2%	11.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.2%
Some other race	0.4%	1.0%
Two or more races	4.9%	6.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
No high school diploma	3.1%	0.6%
High school graduate	18.6%	4.9%
Some college or associate's	21.4%	13.5%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	29.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.7%	51.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
Drove alone	72.5%	72.0%
Carpooled	7.7%	7.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.4%
Walked	1.9%	0.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.6%	18.5%
Other means	0.3%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
1-unit, detached	88.1%	95.3%
1-unit, attached	8.2%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	2.5%	0.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	1.0%
20 or more units	1.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Highland Heights	Pepper Pike
Poverty rate	1.9%	2.2%
Average household size	2.46	2.55
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1978	1968