Cockrell Hill vs Highland Park

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

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

Highland Park has the higher population (8,774 vs 3,736 in Cockrell Hill). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $53,788 in Cockrell Hill). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($1,887,300 vs $174,400 in Cockrell Hill).

Population, income & housing

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
Population	3,736	8,774
Median age	35.3 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$53,788	$250,001
Median home value	$174,400	$1,887,300
Median gross rent	$1,058	$2,216
Housing units	1,292	3,668
Homeownership rate	66.0%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.5%	88.3%
Unemployment rate	10.3%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
Population	4,240 → 3,736 (-11.9%)	9,168 → 8,774 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$44,777 → $53,788 (+20.1%)	$211,136 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$99,000 → $174,400 (+76.2%)	$1,508,900 → $1,887,300 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$734 → $1,058 (+44.1%)	$2,275 → $2,216 (-2.6%)

Cockrell Hill

Population

4,2403,736

Median household income

$44,777$53,788

Median home value

$99,000$174,400

Median gross rent

$734$1,058

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)

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
Under 5	6.5%	6.0%
5 to 17	19.4%	19.7%
18 to 24	10.6%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.3%	4.4%
35 to 44	7.1%	11.9%
45 to 54	16.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.7%	17.5%
65 to 74	5.4%	11.2%
75 and over	5.3%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	12.7%	89.1%
Black or African American	4.1%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	83.2%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
No high school diploma	33.7%	0.6%
High school graduate	30.6%	2.2%
Some college or associate's	24.2%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	9.7%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
Drove alone	83.4%	72.1%
Carpooled	13.3%	3.3%
Public transit	1.1%	0.3%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	1.7%	21.4%
Other means	0.0%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	81.8%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	4.9%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	7.3%	4.9%
20 or more units	3.7%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Cockrell Hill	Highland Park
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.3%
Average household size	3.23	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	27	20
Median year structure built	1954	1973