Highland Village vs Sanger

A side-by-side comparison of Highland Village and Sanger: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Highland Village has the higher population (16,004 vs 9,302 in Sanger). Highland Village has the higher median household income ($164,459 vs $88,987 in Sanger). Highland Village has the higher median home value ($493,400 vs $284,500 in Sanger).

Population, income & housing

	Highland Village	Sanger
Population	16,004	9,302
Median age	43.1 yrs	32.7 yrs
Median household income	$164,459	$88,987
Median home value	$493,400	$284,500
Median gross rent	$2,434	$1,304
Housing units	5,545	3,793
Homeownership rate	92.5%	74.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	24.6%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highland Village	Sanger
Population	16,519 → 16,004 (-3.1%)	8,235 → 9,302 (+13.0%)
Median household income	$147,222 → $164,459 (+11.7%)	$65,727 → $88,987 (+35.4%)
Median home value	$360,600 → $493,400 (+36.8%)	$152,500 → $284,500 (+86.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,933 → $2,434 (+25.9%)	$1,161 → $1,304 (+12.3%)

Highland Village

Population

16,51916,004

Median household income

$147,222$164,459

Median home value

$360,600$493,400

Median gross rent

$1,933$2,434

Sanger

Population

8,2359,302

Median household income

$65,727$88,987

Median home value

$152,500$284,500

Median gross rent

$1,161$1,304

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highland Village	Sanger
Under 5	4.2%	9.1%
5 to 17	21.3%	16.1%
18 to 24	6.3%	9.4%
25 to 34	6.2%	19.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	15.8%
45 to 54	17.9%	6.7%
55 to 64	14.2%	11.8%
65 to 74	10.7%	7.4%
75 and over	4.5%	4.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highland Village	Sanger
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	70.6%
Black or African American	4.7%	4.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.3%
Asian	3.0%	0.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.9%
Hispanic or Latino	12.0%	22.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highland Village	Sanger
No high school diploma	2.3%	9.0%
High school graduate	11.0%	32.3%
Some college or associate's	31.7%	34.2%
Bachelor's degree	38.9%	14.9%
Graduate or professional degree	16.1%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highland Village	Sanger
Drove alone	66.0%	83.3%
Carpooled	4.1%	6.2%
Public transit	0.4%	1.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	27.4%	8.0%
Other means	1.5%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highland Village	Sanger
1-unit, detached	95.3%	78.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	1.8%
2 to 4 units	0.3%	6.9%
5 to 19 units	0.2%	7.8%
20 or more units	4.3%	1.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	4.3%

Poverty & households

	Highland Village	Sanger
Poverty rate	2.2%	7.1%
Average household size	2.96	2.63
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1993	2003