Highlands vs Jacinto City

A side-by-side comparison of Highlands and Jacinto City: population, income, housing, and more.

Highlands and Jacinto City are places in Texas. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Jacinto City has the higher population (9,458 vs 7,339 in Highlands). Jacinto City has the higher median household income ($57,703 vs $54,524 in Highlands). Highlands has the higher median home value ($191,400 vs $121,100 in Jacinto City).

Population, income & housing

	Highlands	Jacinto City
Population	7,339	9,458
Median age	37.4 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$54,524	$57,703
Median home value	$191,400	$121,100
Median gross rent	$1,364	$1,167
Housing units	2,970	3,487
Homeownership rate	75.6%	67.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	12.5%	7.8%
Unemployment rate	9.4%	5.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Highlands	Jacinto City
Population	7,720 → 7,339 (-4.9%)	10,667 → 9,458 (-11.3%)
Median household income	$59,052 → $54,524 (-7.7%)	$41,875 → $57,703 (+37.8%)
Median home value	$113,900 → $191,400 (+68.0%)	$79,500 → $121,100 (+52.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,035 → $1,364 (+31.8%)	$840 → $1,167 (+38.9%)

Highlands

Population

7,7207,339

Median household income

$59,052$54,524

Median home value

$113,900$191,400

Median gross rent

$1,035$1,364

Jacinto City

Population

10,6679,458

Median household income

$41,875$57,703

Median home value

$79,500$121,100

Median gross rent

$840$1,167

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Highlands	Jacinto City
Under 5	9.6%	7.8%
5 to 17	16.4%	19.9%
18 to 24	6.9%	7.7%
25 to 34	14.6%	9.9%
35 to 44	9.9%	13.2%
45 to 54	9.5%	14.1%
55 to 64	13.0%	13.5%
65 to 74	15.6%	7.2%
75 and over	4.6%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Highlands	Jacinto City
White (non-Hispanic)	49.3%	7.5%
Black or African American	7.5%	5.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.1%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	8.2%	0.3%
Hispanic or Latino	34.8%	87.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Highlands	Jacinto City
No high school diploma	18.3%	45.6%
High school graduate	33.7%	24.2%
Some college or associate's	35.5%	22.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.1%	6.8%
Graduate or professional degree	2.5%	1.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Highlands	Jacinto City
Drove alone	78.3%	78.8%
Carpooled	14.6%	16.2%
Public transit	3.9%	0.4%
Walked	0.4%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.8%	2.5%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Highlands	Jacinto City
1-unit, detached	75.0%	79.4%
1-unit, attached	0.2%	0.5%
2 to 4 units	1.5%	3.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.4%	11.7%
Mobile home & other	23.0%	1.7%

Poverty & households

	Highlands	Jacinto City
Poverty rate	9.8%	19.0%
Average household size	2.92	3.08
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1978	1960