Highland Park vs Wilmer

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

Highland Park and Wilmer 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 5,876 in Wilmer). Highland Park has the higher median household income ($250,001 vs $58,837 in Wilmer). Highland Park has the higher median home value ($1,887,300 vs $111,200 in Wilmer).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Park	Wilmer
Population	8,774	5,876
Median age	45.6 yrs	34.8 yrs
Median household income	$250,001	$58,837
Median home value	$1,887,300	$111,200
Median gross rent	$2,216	$1,349
Housing units	3,668	2,081
Homeownership rate	87.6%	61.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	88.3%	9.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	7.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Park	Wilmer
Population	9,168 → 8,774 (-4.3%)	4,383 → 5,876 (+34.1%)
Median household income	$211,136 → $250,001 (+18.4%)	$46,765 → $58,837 (+25.8%)
Median home value	$1,508,900 → $1,887,300 (+25.1%)	$56,800 → $111,200 (+95.8%)
Median gross rent	$2,275 → $2,216 (-2.6%)	$921 → $1,349 (+46.5%)

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

Wilmer

Population

4,3835,876

Median household income

$46,765$58,837

Median home value

$56,800$111,200

Median gross rent

$921$1,349

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Park	Wilmer
Under 5	6.0%	9.9%
5 to 17	19.7%	13.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	10.0%
25 to 34	4.4%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.9%	10.2%
55 to 64	17.5%	14.2%
65 to 74	11.2%	10.1%
75 and over	9.1%	3.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Park	Wilmer
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	21.9%
Black or African American	0.9%	30.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.9%	0.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.2%	46.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Park	Wilmer
No high school diploma	0.6%	34.2%
High school graduate	2.2%	29.5%
Some college or associate's	8.9%	26.8%
Bachelor's degree	44.1%	7.2%
Graduate or professional degree	44.2%	2.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Park	Wilmer
Drove alone	72.1%	93.1%
Carpooled	3.3%	3.4%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.9%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	2.4%
Other means	1.9%	1.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Park	Wilmer
1-unit, detached	81.3%	43.1%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	1.8%	2.6%
5 to 19 units	4.9%	10.3%
20 or more units	7.4%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.1%	39.5%

Poverty & households

	Highland Park	Wilmer
Poverty rate	6.3%	15.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.70
Mean commute (minutes)	20	31
Median year structure built	1973	2007