Glenn Heights vs Highland Park

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

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

Glenn Heights has the higher population (17,175 vs 8,774 in Highland Park). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $79,739 in Glenn Heights). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($1,887,300 vs $252,200 in Glenn Heights).

Population, income & housing

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
Population	17,175	8,774
Median age	34.6 yrs	45.6 yrs
Median household income	$79,739	$250,001
Median home value	$252,200	$1,887,300
Median gross rent	$1,544	$2,216
Housing units	5,909	3,668
Homeownership rate	78.8%	87.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	25.5%	88.3%
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
Population	12,802 → 17,175 (+34.2%)	9,168 → 8,774 (-4.3%)
Median household income	$68,739 → $79,739 (+16.0%)	$211,136 → $250,001 (+18.4%)
Median home value	$162,600 → $252,200 (+55.1%)	$1,508,900 → $1,887,300 (+25.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,362 → $1,544 (+13.4%)	$2,275 → $2,216 (-2.6%)

Glenn Heights

Population

12,80217,175

Median household income

$68,739$79,739

Median home value

$162,600$252,200

Median gross rent

$1,362$1,544

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)

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
Under 5	5.1%	6.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	19.7%
18 to 24	13.1%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.0%	4.4%
35 to 44	14.2%	11.9%
45 to 54	11.2%	12.9%
55 to 64	16.5%	17.5%
65 to 74	4.7%	11.2%
75 and over	2.7%	9.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
White (non-Hispanic)	21.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	43.5%	0.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	3.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.4%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	33.0%	4.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
No high school diploma	15.2%	0.6%
High school graduate	30.3%	2.2%
Some college or associate's	29.0%	8.9%
Bachelor's degree	13.3%	44.1%
Graduate or professional degree	12.2%	44.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
Drove alone	80.8%	72.1%
Carpooled	5.7%	3.3%
Public transit	0.7%	0.3%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.5%	21.4%
Other means	1.3%	1.9%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
1-unit, detached	74.5%	81.3%
1-unit, attached	2.4%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	1.3%	1.8%
5 to 19 units	5.8%	4.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	7.4%
Mobile home & other	15.9%	0.1%

Poverty & households

	Glenn Heights	Highland Park
Poverty rate	11.8%	6.3%
Average household size	3.00	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	32	20
Median year structure built	2000	1973