Highland vs Sinking Spring

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

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

Sinking Spring has the higher population (426 vs 165 in Highland). Sinking Spring has the higher median household income ($105,368 vs $38,750 in Highland). Sinking Spring has the higher median home value ($129,400 vs $95,000 in Highland).

Population, income & housing

	Highland	Sinking Spring
Population	165	426
Median age	32.9 yrs	28.4 yrs
Median household income	$38,750	$105,368
Median home value	$95,000	$129,400
Median gross rent	$988	—
Housing units	79	168
Homeownership rate	73.7%	97.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	8.1%	0.4%
Unemployment rate	2.9%	15.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland	Sinking Spring
Population	362 → 165 (-54.4%)	167 → 426 (+155.1%)
Median household income	$40,000 → $38,750 (-3.1%)	$38,750 → $105,368 (+171.9%)
Median home value	$62,500 → $95,000 (+52.0%)	$82,800 → $129,400 (+56.3%)
Median gross rent	$569 → $988 (+73.6%)	—

Highland

Population

362165

Median household income

$40,000$38,750

Median home value

$62,500$95,000

Median gross rent

$569$988

Sinking Spring

Population

167426

Median household income

$38,750$105,368

Median home value

$82,800$129,400

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland	Sinking Spring
Under 5	1.8%	5.4%
5 to 17	28.5%	23.9%
18 to 24	2.4%	13.8%
25 to 34	17.6%	23.5%
35 to 44	19.4%	1.9%
45 to 54	6.1%	22.1%
55 to 64	12.7%	6.1%
65 to 74	3.0%	2.1%
75 and over	8.5%	1.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland	Sinking Spring
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	87.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	2.4%	0.0%
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%	12.2%
Hispanic or Latino	1.2%	0.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland	Sinking Spring
No high school diploma	11.7%	7.9%
High school graduate	62.2%	52.1%
Some college or associate's	18.0%	39.7%
Bachelor's degree	3.6%	0.0%
Graduate or professional degree	4.5%	0.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland	Sinking Spring
Drove alone	88.2%	87.9%
Carpooled	11.8%	5.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	5.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland	Sinking Spring
1-unit, detached	67.1%	71.4%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.6%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	27.4%
5 to 19 units	2.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	20.3%	0.6%

Poverty & households

	Highland	Sinking Spring
Poverty rate	17.6%	8.0%
Average household size	2.17	3.28
Mean commute (minutes)	35	27
Median year structure built	1971	1971