Addison vs Highland Park

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

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

Addison has the higher population (17,128 vs 8,774 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $82,858 in Addison). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($1,887,300 vs $466,000 in Addison).

Population, income & housing

	Addison	Highland Park
Population	17,128	8,774
Median age	35.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$82,858	$250,001
Median home value	$466,000	$1,887,300
Median gross rent	$1,717	$2,216
Housing units	10,772	3,668
Homeownership rate	17.9%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.5%	88.3%
Unemployment rate	2.8%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Addison	Highland Park
Population	15,302 → 17,128 (+11.9%)	9,168 → 8,774 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$74,986 → $82,858 (+10.5%)	$211,136 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$335,300 → $466,000 (+39.0%)	$1,508,900 → $1,887,300 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,354 → $1,717 (+26.8%)	$2,275 → $2,216 (-2.6%)

Addison

Population

15,30217,128

Median household income

$74,986$82,858

Median home value

$335,300$466,000

Median gross rent

$1,354$1,717

Highland Park

Population

9,1688,774

Median household income

$211,136$250,001

Median home value

$1,508,900$1,887,300

Median gross rent

$2,275$2,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Addison	Highland Park
Under 5	4.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	5.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	28.6%	4.4%
35 to 44	18.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	13.0%	12.9%
55 to 64	9.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	7.5%	11.2%
75 and over	2.8%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Addison	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	43.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	18.0%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.4%	0.0%
Asian	7.2%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	26.1%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Addison	Highland Park
No high school diploma	3.4%	0.6%
High school graduate	11.1%	2.2%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	36.9%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Addison	Highland Park
Drove alone	70.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	3.6%	3.3%
Public transit	2.1%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	20.8%	21.4%
Other means	2.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Addison	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	13.7%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	4.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	8.1%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	20.7%	4.9%
20 or more units	53.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Addison	Highland Park
Poverty rate	6.8%	6.3%
Average household size	1.71	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	25	20
Median year structure built	1996	1973