Highland Park vs Sunnyvale

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

Highland Park and Sunnyvale 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 8,069 in Sunnyvale). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $157,500 in Sunnyvale). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($1,887,300 vs $540,500 in Sunnyvale).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
Population	8,774	8,069
Median age	45.6 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$157,500
Median home value	$1,887,300	$540,500
Median gross rent	$2,216	$1,216
Housing units	3,668	2,722
Homeownership rate	87.6%	83.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.3%	56.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	6.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
Population	9,168 → 8,774 (-4.3%)	6,484 → 8,069 (+24.4%)
Median household income	$211,136 → $250,001 (+18.4%)	$132,488 → $157,500 (+18.9%)
Median home value	$1,508,900 → $1,887,300 (+25.1%)	$380,400 → $540,500 (+42.1%)
Median gross rent	$2,275 → $2,216 (-2.6%)	$843 → $1,216 (+44.2%)

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

Sunnyvale

Population

6,4848,069

Median household income

$132,488$157,500

Median home value

$380,400$540,500

Median gross rent

$843$1,216

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
Under 5	6.0%	4.5%
5 to 17	19.7%	22.8%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	4.4%	8.5%
35 to 44	11.9%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.9%	14.0%
55 to 64	17.5%	16.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.7%
75 and over	9.1%	5.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	50.7%
Black or African American	0.9%	13.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	3.6%	22.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	8.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
No high school diploma	0.6%	3.2%
High school graduate	2.2%	17.7%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	44.1%	31.2%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	24.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
Drove alone	72.1%	77.5%
Carpooled	3.3%	8.6%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	13.9%
Other means	1.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
1-unit, detached	81.3%	88.8%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	4.1%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	0.0%
20 or more units	7.4%	7.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Sunnyvale
Poverty rate	6.3%	7.9%
Average household size	2.70	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1973	2006