Highland vs Mowrystown

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

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

Mowrystown has the higher population (522 vs 165 in Highland). Mowrystown has the higher median household income ($73,833 vs $38,750 in Highland). Highland has the higher median home value ($95,000 vs $81,800 in Mowrystown).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Mowrystown
Population	165	522
Median age	32.9 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$73,833
Median home value	$95,000	$81,800
Median gross rent	$988	$793
Housing units	79	181
Homeownership rate	73.7%	70.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	10.7%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	4.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Mowrystown
Population	362 → 165 (-54.4%)	361 → 522 (+44.6%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $38,750 (-3.1%)	$42,411 → $73,833 (+74.1%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $95,000 (+52.0%)	$67,300 → $81,800 (+21.5%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $988 (+73.6%)	$658 → $793 (+20.5%)

Highland

Population

362165

Median household income

$40,000$38,750

Median home value

$62,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$569$988

Mowrystown

Population

361522

Median household income

$42,411$73,833

Median home value

$67,300$81,800

Median gross rent

$658$793

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Mowrystown
Under 5	1.8%	1.1%
5 to 17	28.5%	29.7%
18 to 24	2.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	17.6%	16.3%
35 to 44	19.4%	15.7%
45 to 54	6.1%	10.7%
55 to 64	12.7%	15.5%
65 to 74	3.0%	2.3%
75 and over	8.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Mowrystown
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	95.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.6%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	7.3%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Mowrystown
No high school diploma	11.7%	26.3%
High school graduate	62.2%	36.4%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	26.6%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	8.9%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	1.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Mowrystown
Drove alone	88.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	1.3%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	6.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Mowrystown
1-unit, detached	67.1%	80.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.1%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	1.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	12.7%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Mowrystown
Poverty rate	17.6%	34.5%
Average household size	2.17	3.14
Mean commute (minutes)	35	37
Median year structure built	1971	1938